ZACHARY LANSDOWNE 1888-1925

Zachary Lansdowne Library of Congress Collection, 10-11-07

 

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES via email from Gregory Powers, 9-28-06      Lt Com. Zachary Lansdowne, (1888-1925) joined British transatlantic flight from Scotland to Long Island, New York, July 1919 as a U.S. Navy observer aboard the British airship R-34; landing operations. The British captain of the R-34 was Maj. George Herbert Scott. Lansdowne, later commander of the U.S. airship Shenandoah, died in the September 1925 crash of the Shenandoah in stormy weather..

 

Bruce Leighton & Zachary Lansdowne Collection of Eugenie Buchan, 10-11-07

 

ONLINE RESOURCES Recommended by Gregory Powers, 9-28-06 Lansdowne's biography: Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lansdowne, USN, (1888-1925) Arlington National Cemetery Website

 

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