The Story of THE AIRSHIP (NON-RIGID)

A Study of One of America’s Lesser Known Defense Weapons

BY HUGH ALLEN

AKRON, OHIO, 1943

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ADMIRAL W. A. MOFFETT To whom this book is dedicated

FIRST PRINTING, FEBRUARY, 1942 SECOND PRINTING, FEBRUARY, 1943 THIRD PRINTING, DECEMBER, 1943

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THE LAKESIDE PRESS, R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY, CHICAGO AND CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA

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