US Navy blimp L-8 delivering 300 pounds of spare parts for B-25 bombers to USS Hornet, off California, United States, 2 Apr 1942

Caption     US Navy blimp L-8 delivering 300 pounds of spare parts for B-25 bombers to USS Hornet, off California, United States, 2 Apr 1942 ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Air Force
Identification Code   NH 53294
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Hornet (Yorktown-class)   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 840 x 1,052 pixels
Photos on Same Day 2 Apr 1942
Photos at Same Place Pacific Ocean
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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1. Karen says:
5 Jul 2020 02:41:00 PM

Photo is important to my family. The memories attached to the US Navy and our father's part in WW2 are precious to us all. Blimp Squadron 32 based at Moffett Field NAS, California
2. David Stubblebine says:
19 Feb 2023 05:12:24 PM

Four months after this photo was taken, this airship became the center of a mystery that has never been solved. The airship drifted ashore from a patrol off the Golden Gate and crashed in a neighborhood south of San Francisco. There was no trace of the two crewmen and they have never been found.

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