Hindenburg airship. This German airship famously caught fire and was destroyed in an accident on 6 May 1937 while trying to moor at Lakehurst Naval Air Station,New Jersey,USA. Construction of the Hindenburg began in 1931,and it first flew in March 1936. It had a capacity for 50 to 70 passengers,and also had a crew of 40 to 60 people. The total length was 245 metres. This photograph was taken at Lakehurst a few months earlier,on 25 January 1937. Nazi swastika symbols are seen on the tail fins,and the name of the airship in its distinctive logotype is at right | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / US National Archives |
Bildgröße: | 4724 px × 3717 px |
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