Son of:
George Wilson Crowl and Jessie May Alliger
Husband of:
Minnie Smith, married January 17, 1911 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. Daughter of Jacob Smith and Lena Metzler. Source: Indiana, Marriages, 1910-1911, Volume 35, Page 274. Minnie went on to marry Otto Nelson in 1939 and died in 1952.
Lloyd Crowl was killed when the experimental dirigible R-38 broke up and exploded in England on it 4th and final test flight prior to being purchased by the U.S. Navy from the British who built the airship. The intentions were for America to utilize this ship during WWI and become the main means of transportation in the future. A total of 44 men lost there lives 17 were Americans. Witnesses said it appeared to break in the middle and the front half exploded ,the tail end fell in the Humber River, Hull, England, there were 4 survivors pulled from it. One being the pilot.
Cause of Explosion: Zepplins fly on hydrogen and as a result of their highly flammable lifting gas, it exploded over the river with thousands of spectators on the shore watching this amazing aircraft take off. No one on the shore-side were injured. The pilot lived and was considered a hero for not flying it into the crowd. He said, he was not a hero because he had no control once it exploded so it was not because of him that he lived or that no one was injured on the shore.
To this day, it is known as the worst airship disaster in history. The American government says it was the Hindenburg Disaster on May 6, 1937 in New Jersey, killing 36 passengers, however, the truth is, the dirigible R-38 causing the death of 44 men is the worst airship disaster. Why the discrepancy you may ask...because the American government never fulfilled their contract with the British after the disaster, therefore, they say the airship was not owned by America. They washed their hands clean from that point on and forgot all about the 17 American soldiers killed aboard that Naval airship while serving in the United States Navy during WWI.
Research by David Cole and Sherri L. Czuchra
George Wilson Crowl and Jessie May Alliger
Husband of:
Minnie Smith, married January 17, 1911 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. Daughter of Jacob Smith and Lena Metzler. Source: Indiana, Marriages, 1910-1911, Volume 35, Page 274. Minnie went on to marry Otto Nelson in 1939 and died in 1952.
Lloyd Crowl was killed when the experimental dirigible R-38 broke up and exploded in England on it 4th and final test flight prior to being purchased by the U.S. Navy from the British who built the airship. The intentions were for America to utilize this ship during WWI and become the main means of transportation in the future. A total of 44 men lost there lives 17 were Americans. Witnesses said it appeared to break in the middle and the front half exploded ,the tail end fell in the Humber River, Hull, England, there were 4 survivors pulled from it. One being the pilot.
Cause of Explosion: Zepplins fly on hydrogen and as a result of their highly flammable lifting gas, it exploded over the river with thousands of spectators on the shore watching this amazing aircraft take off. No one on the shore-side were injured. The pilot lived and was considered a hero for not flying it into the crowd. He said, he was not a hero because he had no control once it exploded so it was not because of him that he lived or that no one was injured on the shore.
To this day, it is known as the worst airship disaster in history. The American government says it was the Hindenburg Disaster on May 6, 1937 in New Jersey, killing 36 passengers, however, the truth is, the dirigible R-38 causing the death of 44 men is the worst airship disaster. Why the discrepancy you may ask...because the American government never fulfilled their contract with the British after the disaster, therefore, they say the airship was not owned by America. They washed their hands clean from that point on and forgot all about the 17 American soldiers killed aboard that Naval airship while serving in the United States Navy during WWI.
Research by David Cole and Sherri L. Czuchra
Son of:
George Wilson Crowl and Jessie May Alliger
Husband of:
Minnie Smith, married January 17, 1911 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. Daughter of Jacob Smith and Lena Metzler. Source: Indiana, Marriages, 1910-1911, Volume 35, Page 274. Minnie went on to marry Otto Nelson in 1939 and died in 1952.
Lloyd Crowl was killed when the experimental dirigible R-38 broke up and exploded in England on it 4th and final test flight prior to being purchased by the U.S. Navy from the British who built the airship. The intentions were for America to utilize this ship during WWI and become the main means of transportation in the future. A total of 44 men lost there lives 17 were Americans. Witnesses said it appeared to break in the middle and the front half exploded ,the tail end fell in the Humber River, Hull, England, there were 4 survivors pulled from it. One being the pilot.
Cause of Explosion: Zepplins fly on hydrogen and as a result of their highly flammable lifting gas, it exploded over the river with thousands of spectators on the shore watching this amazing aircraft take off. No one on the shore-side were injured. The pilot lived and was considered a hero for not flying it into the crowd. He said, he was not a hero because he had no control once it exploded so it was not because of him that he lived or that no one was injured on the shore.
To this day, it is known as the worst airship disaster in history. The American government says it was the Hindenburg Disaster on May 6, 1937 in New Jersey, killing 36 passengers, however, the truth is, the dirigible R-38 causing the death of 44 men is the worst airship disaster. Why the discrepancy you may ask...because the American government never fulfilled their contract with the British after the disaster, therefore, they say the airship was not owned by America. They washed their hands clean from that point on and forgot all about the 17 American soldiers killed aboard that Naval airship while serving in the United States Navy during WWI.
Research by David Cole and Sherri L. Czuchra
George Wilson Crowl and Jessie May Alliger
Husband of:
Minnie Smith, married January 17, 1911 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana. Daughter of Jacob Smith and Lena Metzler. Source: Indiana, Marriages, 1910-1911, Volume 35, Page 274. Minnie went on to marry Otto Nelson in 1939 and died in 1952.
Lloyd Crowl was killed when the experimental dirigible R-38 broke up and exploded in England on it 4th and final test flight prior to being purchased by the U.S. Navy from the British who built the airship. The intentions were for America to utilize this ship during WWI and become the main means of transportation in the future. A total of 44 men lost there lives 17 were Americans. Witnesses said it appeared to break in the middle and the front half exploded ,the tail end fell in the Humber River, Hull, England, there were 4 survivors pulled from it. One being the pilot.
Cause of Explosion: Zepplins fly on hydrogen and as a result of their highly flammable lifting gas, it exploded over the river with thousands of spectators on the shore watching this amazing aircraft take off. No one on the shore-side were injured. The pilot lived and was considered a hero for not flying it into the crowd. He said, he was not a hero because he had no control once it exploded so it was not because of him that he lived or that no one was injured on the shore.
To this day, it is known as the worst airship disaster in history. The American government says it was the Hindenburg Disaster on May 6, 1937 in New Jersey, killing 36 passengers, however, the truth is, the dirigible R-38 causing the death of 44 men is the worst airship disaster. Why the discrepancy you may ask...because the American government never fulfilled their contract with the British after the disaster, therefore, they say the airship was not owned by America. They washed their hands clean from that point on and forgot all about the 17 American soldiers killed aboard that Naval airship while serving in the United States Navy during WWI.
Research by David Cole and Sherri L. Czuchra
Inscription
Chief petty officer aviation perished on R.38 England. The photo is of the dirigible (blimp) exploding.
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