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The Hindenburg passing over New Jersey the day of the disaster, USA, 1937 (media.piefed.social)
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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

I’ve been to the site in Lakehurst where it went up in flames; there’s a museum there with some artifacts from the airship. The most surreal one for me to see was a piece of the nazi flag from the tail of the ship survived.