The airship, which was crewed by both American and British servicemen, was on a trial flight before flying to America. Unfortunately while carrying out a tight turn over the Humber off Victoria Pier in Hull she broke in two and most of the crew were lost.
Ken's book [available from him direct on kenneth.deacon@sky.com ] tells the story of a Goole girl who, having lived through the Zeppelin attack on Goole in 1915, gets a job on the Howden airship station where the R38 was based and meets a young American flyer.
Their story, entitled My American Sky Sailor ends with the crash but you will have to read the book to find out what happens to the young lovers.
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