ORIGINAL AIRSHIP ZRS-5 USS MACON OFFICIAL CREW PHOTO / C.S.SOLAR, MORRIS, OLIVER

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ORIGINAL - AIRSHIP ZRS-5 **USS MACON OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF CREW MEMBERS * C.S.SOLAR , E.R.MORRIS , A.M.OLIVER
LARGE WELL FOCUSED PHOTOGRAPH OF THE AIRSHIP USS MACON ZRS-5 INTERIOR WITH:
(STANDING LEFT) *
CHARLES S. SOLAR
(AMM1C), (STANDING RIGHT)
EDWARD R.MORRIS
(AMM), (KNEELING)
ARTHUR M.OLIVER
THIS ORIGINAL 1970's PHOTOGRAPH OF THIS 1934 OFFICIAL PHOTO WAS CREATED BY
*
CHARLES SALEM SOLAR
FOR AN AMERICAN RESEARCHER AND ADMIRER FROM AN HIS PERSONAL PHOTO COLLECTION.
*
CHARLES SALEM SOLAR
WAS A CREWMEMBER AND SURVIVOR OF THE CRASHES OF SEVERAL US RIDGID AIRSHIPS INCLUDING ***AIRSHIP SHENANDOAH, ** AIRSHIP ZRS-5 USS MACON AMONG OTHERS AND ALSO SURVIVED THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR.
CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE THROUGHOUT.
ON THE REVERSE ARE PERIOD PENCILED DETAILS, DICTATED BY
*
CHARLES SALEM SOLAR
(AFTER RECEIPT).
(PLEASE SEE PICTURES).
DIMENSIONS: 7 7/8" x 10"
THIS IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR A COPY.
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*
Charles Salem Solar (A.M.M.1C.)
was one of the few survivors of the *** USS Shenandoah disaster on December 3,1925. He received a Purple Heart for his wounds at Pearl Harbor on December 7,1941 among other notable accomplishments (see below)
.
CHARLES S. SOLAR WAS ON ACTIVE SERVICE ON AIRSHIPS FROM WW1 MARCH 29,1917 TO JANUARY 1,1948 :
ZR-1 USS SHENANDOAH (CREWMEMBER AND CRASH SURVIVOR)
ZR-2 (R-38) (PRESENT IN ENGLAND AIRSHIP BASE AT TIME OF CRASH)
ZR-3 (LZ-126) USS LOS ANGELES (CREWMEMBER)
ZRS-4 USS AKRON (CREWMEMBER BUT NOT AT TIME OF CRASH)
ZRS-5 USS MACON (CREWMEMBER AND CRASH SURVIVOR)
** USS
Macon
(ZRS-5)
was a rigid airship built and operated by the United States Navy for scouting and served as a "flying aircraft carr five single-seat Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk for scouting or two-seat Fleet N2Y-1 for training. In service for less than 2 years was damaged in California's Big Sur coast, though most of the crew were saved.
*** USS
Shenandoah
(ZR-1)
was the first of four
United States Navy
rigid
airships
. It was constructed during 1922–1923 at
Lakehurst Naval Air Station
, and first flew in September 1923. It developed the U.S. Navy's experience with rigid airships and made the first crossing of North America by airship. On the 57th flight,
Shenandoah
was destroyed in a
squall line
over Ohio in September 1925.