LTA, Airships, USA, Navy, K Type, K-28 (See also: USA, Goodyear "Puritan" NC-21A, NC-10A); Military, USA, Navy, Units, Airship Squadron 24 (ZP-24). [photograph]

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Collection Item Summary:

A member of the crew of K-28, a U.S. Navy Airship Squadron 24 (ZP-24) blimp, inspecting cables prior to a mission. Caption - "'Checking Cable Tension, Last-minute inspection of all-important controls". Page 9 from the booklet "An Operational Flight ZP-24".

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Topic

  • Aeronautics, Military
  • Air pilots, Military
  • Military airships
  • Naval aviation
  • United States, Navy
  • World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum Archives

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photographer

United States Navy

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Date

Circa 1943

Repository Loc.

National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560

Type

Photographs

Local number

NASM-2000-3752