US Airship Disaster: Two Sailors Fall to Tragic End (Censored)

(Censored) Prior to WW2, in 1932, two US Navy sailors tragically fall to the deaths while docking the flying aircraft carrier USS Akron. Near San Diego, California, Aviation Carpenter’s Mate 3rd Class Robert H. Edsall and Apprentice Seaman Nigel M. Henton plunged to their deaths, while Apprentice Seaman C. M. “Bud“ Cowart tied himself to the line and held-on for two hours. The body falls have been censored. #shorts
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