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Re: Blimp Bombing

From: Ryan Gill <rmgill@m...>
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 12:34:41 -0400
Subject: Re: Blimp Bombing

At 11:13 AM -0400 4/20/02, Richard and Emily Bell wrote:
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>Whatever happened to the Hindenburg's sister ship?

According to one book I have around here, The Graf Zepplin II and the 
Graf Zepplin were destroyed by a Lufwaffe construction battalion 
under the orders of Fat man Goering. The crews had been ordred to do 
so, but refused. The metal was recycled supposedly for aircraft 
manufacturing.

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