Category:World War I airships

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This category has the following 66 subcategories, out of 66 total.

Media in category "World War I airships"

The following 124 files are in this category, out of 124 total.

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  1918 view from French dirigible.jpg 878 × 501; 57 KB
  
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  Airhship raid sketch from an artist at the Evening Public Ledger January 20 1915.png 1,111 × 1,552; 2.13 MB
  
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  Airship over Warsaw 1914.jpg 612 × 468; 111 KB
  
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  Amerikanischer Lenkballon "Scout" - CH-BAR - 3241653.tif 2,028 × 2,856; 2.76 MB
  
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  Ballon hall of the Luftschiffahrtabteilung 41, Folwarki Ploska.jpg 800 × 573; 89 KB
  
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  Balloons - C - Twin Engine Dirigible C-1 N.O. 3509 in flight, port side - NARA - 20808240.jpg 5,372 × 3,552; 11.12 MB
  
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  Balloons - C - Twin Engine Dirigible C-1 N.O. 3509, bow view - NARA - 20808236.jpg 5,372 × 3,552; 10.98 MB
  
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  Balloons - C - Twin Engine Dirigible C-1 N.O. 3509, bow view of car - NARA - 20808232.jpg 5,372 × 3,552; 11.36 MB
  
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  Balloons - C - Twin Engine Dirigible C-1 N.O. 3509, starboard view - NARA - 20808234.jpg 5,372 × 3,552; 11.11 MB
  
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  Balloons - C - Twin Engine Dirigible C-1 N.O. 3509, stern view - NARA - 20808238.jpg 5,372 × 3,552; 10.97 MB
  
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  Balloons - Equipment - Balloons. Ensign Standing by aerial bomb weighing 250 pounds. The U Type Dirigible carries six of these - NARA - 20807696.jpg 5,354 × 3,536; 11.24 MB
  
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  Balloons - Equipment - Balloons. General view from Dirigible - NARA - 20807688.jpg 5,354 × 3,568; 11.2 MB
  
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  Balloons - Equipment - Balloons. General view from U Type Dirigible showing one of Hispano Suiza engines - NARA - 20807690.jpg 5,354 × 3,568; 11.39 MB
  
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  Balloons - Equipment - Balloons. General view while in flight showing in foreground on the two Hispano Suiza engines - NARA - 20807706.jpg 5,354 × 3,536; 11.18 MB
  
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  Balloons - Equipment - Balloons. Giant rudder on Dirigible - NARA - 20807686.jpg 5,354 × 3,568; 11.34 MB
  
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  Balloons - Equipment - Shipping dirigibles to France. Sections of one of the new U type dirigibles packed and ready for shipment to American aviation stations in France - NARA - 20807684.jpg 5,354 × 3,568; 11.52 MB
  
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  Balloons - Flights - Balloons. Dirigible in flight - NARA - 20807734.jpg 5,354 × 3,560; 11.13 MB
  
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  Balloons - Flights - Balloons. Dirigible in flight - NARA - 20807736.jpg 5,354 × 3,560; 11.14 MB
  
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  Balloons - Flights - Balloons. Dirigible in flight - NARA - 20807738.jpg 5,354 × 3,560; 11.1 MB
  
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  Balloons - Flights - Balloons. Dirigible in flight - NARA - 20807796.jpg 5,378 × 3,560; 11.3 MB
  
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  Balloons - Flights - Balloons. Dirigible leaving for flight - NARA - 20807732.jpg 5,354 × 3,560; 11.28 MB
  
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  Balloons - Flights - Starboard and aft Gondala Flying Boat - NARA - 20807794.jpg 5,378 × 3,560; 11.99 MB
  
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  Balloons - Flights with Ships in View - Dirigible Balloon above Battleship Pennsylvania lying at anchor in Hudson River. One of the balloons that patrolled the coast over the Flagship Pennsylvania now at anchor i(...) - NARA - 20807814.jpg 5,354 × 3,560; 11.06 MB
  
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  Balloons - Flights with Ships in View - Dirigible out at sea as seen from transport - NARA - 20807818.jpg 5,354 × 3,560; 11.63 MB
  
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  Balloons - Flights with Ships in View - Navy Dirigible convoying a U.S. submarine cruising "Somewhere in the Atlantic." - NARA - 20807816.jpg 5,354 × 3,560; 11.95 MB
  
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  Balloons - Goodrich Rubber Co. - Manufacturing balloon and dirigibles for government by Goodrich Rubber Co. Plant, Akron, Ohio. 18 inch dirigible valve - NARA - 20808140.jpg 5,372 × 3,552; 11.62 MB
  
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  Balloons - Goodrich Rubber Co. - Manufacturing balloon and dirigibles for government by Goodrich Rubber Co. Plant, Akron, Ohio. Cutting panels for kite balloon and dirigibles - NARA - 20808136.jpg 5,372 × 3,552; 11.57 MB
  
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  Balloons - Goodrich Rubber Co. - Manufacturing balloon and dirigibles for government by Goodrich Rubber Co. Plant, Akron, Ohio. Manifold for class B dirigibles - NARA - 20808142.jpg 5,372 × 3,552; 11.33 MB
  
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  Balloons - Hangars and Beds - American Dirigibles now becoming part of American fighting forces in France. Shows type of dirigibles being used by aviation department for hunting out U-boats - NARA - 20807846.jpg 5,434 × 3,560; 11.65 MB
  
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  Balloons - Hangars and Beds - Balloons. Dirigible in hangar - NARA - 20807834.jpg 5,354 × 3,560; 11.34 MB
  
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  Balloons - Hangars and Beds - British Airship Station. Large English dirigible rigid in the air being hauled down after a flight. These airships cannot make their own landing but are hauled down to earth by cable(...) - NARA - 20807898.jpg 5,370 × 3,560; 11.48 MB
  
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  Balloons - Hangars and Beds - British Airship Station. These stations were all along the coast, and during the war, scout planes like the one shown landing, patrolled the coasts for submarines, and guarded transports - NARA - 20807842.jpg 5,338 × 3,560; 11.43 MB
  
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  Balloons - Hangars and Beds - Hauling the C-5 into position for Transoceanic Flight. The big C-5 whose remarkable getaway has astonished the world before she started on her trip for Newfoundland - NARA - 20807900.jpg 5,370 × 3,560; 11.31 MB
  
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  Balloons - Hangars and Beds - Navy Dirigible Balloon, C-1, the largest of its kind in America. This balloon made the flight from Rockaway Naval Air Station L.I., to Key West, Florida, a ditance of nearly 1,500 mi(...) - NARA - 20807848.jpg 5,370 × 3,560; 12.11 MB
  
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  Balloons - Hangars and Beds - Norfolk Naval Base, VA., shows Dirigible in hangar - NARA - 20807866.jpg 5,434 × 3,560; 11.83 MB
  
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  Balloons - Hangars and Beds - President Wilson marches in great Washington Parade in honor of returning soldiers. The big Army Dirigible C-3 passing over the capitol - NARA - 20807888.jpg 5,370 × 3,560; 12.29 MB
  
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  Balloons - Hangars and Beds - The C-5 coming out of hangar for Transoceanic flight. The big Navy Dirigible C-5, whose sudden start for overseas flight has been the talk of the world, leaving her hangar at Montauk(...) - NARA - 20807852.jpg 5,370 × 3,560; 11.39 MB
  
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  Balloons - Hangars and Beds - The C-5 coming out of hangar for Transoceanic flight. The big Navy Dirigible C-5, whose sudden start for overseas flight has been the talk of the world, leaving her hangar at Montauk(...) - NARA - 20807874.jpg 5,370 × 3,560; 11.29 MB
  
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  Balloons - Hangars and Beds - Twin Engine Dirigible C-1 N.O. 3509 in flight, port side, stern - NARA - 20807892.jpg 5,370 × 3,560; 11.49 MB
  
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  Balloons - Hangars and Beds - Twin Engine Dirigible C-1 N.O. 3509, showing starboard bomb racks - NARA - 20807886.jpg 5,370 × 3,560; 11.28 MB
  
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  Balloons - Hangars and Beds - Twin Engine Dirigible C-1 N.O. 3509, side view of car - NARA - 20807896.jpg 5,370 × 3,560; 11.57 MB
  
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  Balloons - Hangars and Beds - Twin Engine Dirigible, C-1 N.O. 3509, starboard view - NARA - 20807908.jpg 5,370 × 3,560; 11.35 MB
  
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  Balloons - Hangars and Beds - Twin Motored Burgess Car which is standard equipment on 170, 000 cu. Ft. dirigibles being manufactured for Army and Navy by The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, O - NARA - 20807894.jpg 5,370 × 3,560; 11.49 MB
  
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  Balloons - Hangars and Beds - Type "C" Twin Motor Dirigible car shown at Aeronautical Exposition in New York - NARA - 20807870.jpg 5,370 × 3,560; 11.39 MB
  
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  Balloons - Hangars and Beds - Type "C" Twin Motor Dirigible car shown at Aeronautical Exposition in New York - NARA - 20807872.jpg 5,370 × 3,560; 11.67 MB
  
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  Balloons - In the Theatre of Operations - Aerial Patrol near Plymouth England, a constant patrol is maintained in the air over the sea near the Coast to keep enemy submarines from mining the entrances to harbor - NARA - 20808020.jpg 5,362 × 3,560; 11.74 MB
  
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  Balloons - In the Theatre of Operations - Airship Building at Freidrichshafen - NARA - 20808002.jpg 5,362 × 3,560; 12.1 MB
  
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  Balloons - In the Theatre of Operations - Airships that may be used for passenger service. British Royal Air Force Official photograph. Dirigible built in 1917 with duralumin girders, is 540 feet long and has bee(...) - NARA - 20808054.jpg 5,412 × 3,568; 11.38 MB
  
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  Balloons - In the Theatre of Operations - American dirigible in France. This photograph shows the nose of an American dirigible somewhere in France on which is mounted a Lewis Machine Gun used against enemy aviators - NARA - 20808018.jpg 5,362 × 3,560; 11.07 MB
  
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  Balloons - In the Theatre of Operations - Dirigible over Sainte Nazaire, France - NARA - 20808038.jpg 5,362 × 3,568; 11.73 MB
  
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  Balloons - In the Theatre of Operations - French dirigible on hunt for U-boats. French dirigible flying over water in search of German submarines; photographed from the deck of an American transport on its way to(...) - NARA - 20808040.jpg 5,362 × 3,568; 11.38 MB
  
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  Balloons - In the Theatre of Operations - The gun crew of an American transport is watching a French dirigible flying highi n the air. This photo was taken while the transport was passing through the danger zone - NARA - 20808058.jpg 5,372 × 3,568; 11.37 MB
  
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  Balloons - In the Theatre of Operations - View of an American Dirigible somewhere in France. This is the way it is stabled on a windy day - NARA - 20808028.jpg 5,362 × 3,560; 11.34 MB
  
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  Balloons - In the Theatre of Operations - World's Largest Airship, the R-34. The R-34 recently launched at Inchinnin, near Glasgow is 670 feet in length, and driven by powerful engines - NARA - 20808004.jpg 5,362 × 3,560; 11.85 MB
  
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  Balloons - Miscellaneous - Balloons. Close up of smaller Type of Dirigible with one engine known as pusher type - NARA - 20808320.jpg 5,362 × 3,552; 11.31 MB
  
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  Balloons - Miscellaneous - Balloons. Close up of the largest Dirigible built in this country for the Government. It is 197 feet long and equipped with two engines of 150 H.P. each - NARA - 20808318.jpg 5,362 × 3,552; 11.34 MB
  
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  Balloons - Miscellaneous - Balloons. General view of pusher Type Dirigible - NARA - 20808322.jpg 5,362 × 3,552; 11.4 MB
  
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  Balloons - Miscellaneous - Balloons. General view of the largeste Dirigible made in this country - NARA - 20808326.jpg 5,421 × 3,552; 11.27 MB
  
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  Balloons - Miscellaneous - Balloons. Looking under the pusher Type Dirigible. This type has only one engine - NARA - 20808290.jpg 5,362 × 3,552; 11.28 MB
  
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  Balloons - Miscellaneous - Balloons. Pusher Type Dirigible getting ready for flight - NARA - 20808292.jpg 5,362 × 3,552; 11.27 MB
  
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  Balloons - Miscellaneous - Dirigible at Norfolk Naval Base, VA - NARA - 20808296.jpg 5,362 × 3,552; 12.06 MB
  
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  Balloons - Miscellaneous - Dirigible flown by American Naval Aviators starting out on patrol. It can remain out thirty hours and cruise seven hundred miles - NARA - 20808284.jpg 5,402 × 3,552; 11.78 MB
  
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  Balloons - Miscellaneous - Dirigible of American Naval Aviators about to enter the hangar. This plane can remain out 30 hours and cruise 70 miles - NARA - 20808324.jpg 5,421 × 3,552; 11.48 MB
  
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  Balloons - Miscellaneous - Dirigiblees. This Dirigible with an American crew is seen starting out on a patrol from the Naval Aviation stations. It is these air birds that are doing suc wonderful work in hunting o(...) - NARA - 20808312.jpg 5,362 × 3,552; 11.3 MB
  
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  Balloons - Miscellaneous - French Zodiac, semi-rigid. Purchased by the U.S. Govt., and now is used at Langley Field, Hampton, VA - NARA - 20808282.jpg 5,362 × 3,552; 11.64 MB
  
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  Balloons - Miscellaneous - Navy Dirigible. Navy dirigible with 100 H.P. Curtiss motor, at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Flying Field, Akron, Ohio - NARA - 20808316.jpg 5,362 × 3,552; 11.04 MB
  
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  Balloons - Miscellaneous - New type of Coast Patrol Dirigbile. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. and Navy officials inspecting the Curtiss car which propels the big envelope through the air. The pilot operates the rud(...) - NARA - 20808276.jpg 5,372 × 3,552; 11.8 MB
  
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  Balloons - Miscellaneous - New U.S. Dirigible. A dirigible that is claimed to be of the latest type seen in the U.S. flew over this city today. This photo shows the dirigible with the Woolworth building in the ba(...) - NARA - 20808294.jpg 5,362 × 3,552; 11.51 MB
  
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  Balloons - Miscellaneous - Preparing for a cruise. Preparatory to making a flight the big airship is towed from the hangar to the adjacent field by a number of sailors. At the cry "Hands off" the rope holds are r(...) - NARA - 20808332.jpg 5,362 × 3,552; 11.68 MB
  
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  Balloons - Miscellaneous - Small British Dirigible. This ship has a 70,000 cubic gas capacity. Ships like this one and larger will soon be used for passenger service both here and abroad - NARA - 20808308.jpg 5,362 × 3,552; 11.42 MB
  
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  Balloons - Miscellaneous - South Dirigibles. This type of dirigible is used principally for scouting and has proven effective - NARA - 20808314.jpg 5,362 × 3,552; 11.53 MB
  
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  Balloons - Miscellaneous - Three quarters front view of Navy Dirigible in flight - NARA - 20808288.jpg 5,362 × 3,552; 11.11 MB
  
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  Balloons - Miscellaneous - Twin Motored Dirigible car manufactured by Burgess Co., Marblehead, Mass. Equipped with two 150 h.p. Hispano Suiza motors which drive dirigible at maximum speed of 64 mi. per hr - NARA - 20808298.jpg 5,362 × 3,552; 11.66 MB
  
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  Balloons - Miscellaneous - Type of U.S. Dirigible. Taking a dirigible out of its hangar. It was built by the B.F. Goodrich Co. of Akron, Ohio - NARA - 20808286.jpg 5,362 × 3,552; 11.6 MB
  
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  Balloons - Miscellaneous - Type of U.S. Dirigible. This type of dirigible is being manufactured by the B.F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio - NARA - 20808306.jpg 5,362 × 3,552; 11.78 MB
  
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  Balloons - Miscellaneous Operations - Balloons. Getting ready for flight - NARA - 20808170.jpg 5,372 × 3,552; 11.03 MB
  
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  Balloons - Miscellaneous Operations - Dirigibles. Taking dirigible to starting point - NARA - 20808154.jpg 5,372 × 3,552; 11.29 MB
  
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  Balloons - Miscellaneous Operations - Headquarters Balloon Detachment, Post Field, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Balloon detail formed to meet airship on descent. Note winch and cable - NARA - 20808148.jpg 5,372 × 3,552; 11.35 MB
  
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  Balloons - Miscellaneous Operations - It takes a hundred and fifty men to bring this bird of the air to rest - NARA - 20808156.jpg 5,372 × 3,552; 11.47 MB
  
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  Balloons - Observation - American Dirigible. New type of dirigible for observation purposes, 162 ft. long equipped with two 150 H.P. motors - NARA - 20808334.jpg 5,362 × 3,552; 11.32 MB
  
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  Balloons - Observation - Balloons. Observation balloon watching over Dirigible in Hangar - NARA - 20808376.jpg 5,382 × 3,544; 11.21 MB
  
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  Balloons - Observation - Types of American Dirigibles and balloons in flight. Photo taken at one of the training camps. Four observation balloons and one dirigible are in the air - NARA - 20808336.jpg 5,362 × 3,552; 11.32 MB
  
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  Balloons - Schools - Akron Balloon School, Akron, Ohio. Dirigible about to ascend - NARA - 20808196.jpg 5,372 × 3,552; 11.57 MB
  
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  Balloons - Schools - Akron Balloon School, Akron, Ohio. Dirigible just about to leave the ground - NARA - 20808194.jpg 5,372 × 3,552; 11.68 MB
  
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  Balloons - Schools - Akron Balloon School, Akron, Ohio. Dirigible ready to ascend - NARA - 20808198.jpg 5,372 × 3,552; 11.81 MB
  
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  Balloons - Schools - Balloons. Cadets who received their first training in the handling of the rope of the Dirigible - NARA - 20808192.jpg 5,372 × 3,552; 11.28 MB
  
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  Balloons - U - Balloons. Close up of new Type U Dirigible, largest in the country - NARA - 20808444.jpg 5,353 × 3,544; 11.28 MB
  
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  Balloons - U - Balloons. General view from U Type Dirigble - NARA - 20808450.jpg 5,353 × 3,544; 11.09 MB
  
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  Balloons - U - Balloons. General view from U Type Dirigible - NARA - 20808440.jpg 5,353 × 3,544; 11.16 MB
  
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  Balloons - U - Balloons. Looking toward the stern of the U Type Dirigible from the air - NARA - 20808436.jpg 5,353 × 3,544; 11.11 MB
  
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  Balloons - U - Balloons. Pilot and coxman ready for flight in the U Type Dirigible. The car has windows on the sides and bottom of car for observation - NARA - 20808438.jpg 5,353 × 3,544; 11.03 MB
  
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  Balloons - U - Balloons. U Type Dirigible ready for flight - NARA - 20808446.jpg 5,353 × 3,544; 11.05 MB
  
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  Balloons - U - Balloons. View of U Type Dirigible - NARA - 20808448.jpg 5,353 × 3,544; 11.25 MB
  
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  Balloons - U - Navy Dirigibles keep watch for U-boats. A Navy dirigible is shown passing over the fighting top of a superdreadnought somewhere on the Atlantic - NARA - 20808452.jpg 5,353 × 3,544; 11.48 MB
  
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  Battleship HMS Albemarle - IWM Q 75245.jpg 800 × 496; 46 KB
  
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  British map of German airship bombing run - National World War I Museum - Kansas City, MO - DSC07591.JPG 2,936 × 3,473; 3.79 MB
  
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  Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2008-0051, Frankreich, Bombardierung Calais.jpg 474 × 800; 47 KB
  
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  Een Duits luchtschip (zeppelin LZ 22 of 23) wordt tijdens een verkenningstocht aan het begin van, SFA003000963.jpg 3,573 × 1,967; 1.85 MB
  
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  FDR asstSecNavy 1918 dirigible.jpg 3,322 × 2,021; 1.15 MB
  
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  FPK-WK-1-Angriff-1.jpg 3,196 × 2,070; 9.04 MB
  
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  Girder from zeppelin.jpg 4,896 × 3,672; 4.27 MB
  
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  It is far better to face the bullets - Original scan.tif 4,182 × 5,158; 61.72 MB
  
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  It is far better to face the bullets.jpg 2,685 × 3,968; 6.02 MB
  
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  It is far better to face the bullets.png 2,685 × 3,968; 17.37 MB
  
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  Lenkluftschiff.jpg 1,402 × 1,077; 518 KB
  
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  Ministry of Information First World War Miscellaneous Collection Q33751.jpg 800 × 579; 88 KB
  
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  Ministry of Information First World War Miscellaneous Collection Q34052.jpg 800 × 657; 99 KB
  
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  Observation balloon ascending (3016327795).jpg 2,500 × 1,865; 1.95 MB
  
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  Spraying the envelope of a British dirigible with a coat of aluminum paint R33.jpg 1,496 × 1,672; 684 KB
  
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  The End of the Cuxhaven Raid, Christmas Day, 1914 Art.IWMART3137.jpg 682 × 800; 69 KB
  
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  The Home Front 1914 - 1918 Q53585.jpg 800 × 585; 133 KB
  
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  The Royal Navy in the Home Waters, 1914-1918 Q19281.jpg 800 × 629; 62 KB
  
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  The Royal Navy on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q18268.jpg 800 × 619; 42 KB
  
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  Themistokles von Eckenbrecher Zeppelin über Antwerpen.jpg 667 × 1,065; 490 KB
  
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  Zeppelin LZ-104 (L-59).jpg 1,249 × 709; 127 KB