The gondola of a US Navy (USN) airship which is tethered to the ground at Cuers airfield, near ...

Place Europe: Italy
Accession Number P00712.048
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Johnson, Harold Reynolds
Place made France: Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur, Cuers
Date made 25 August 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The gondola of a US Navy (USN) airship which is tethered to the ground at Cuers airfield, near Touon in southern France. Visible at left is one of the airship's two engines, with its propeller. A number of sandbags are attached to the base of the airship to help keep it on the ground. (Donor M. Johnson)

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