Keywords: Lot-6095-36: Anti-Ship Bombing Demonstration, 1921. SMS Ostfriesland, after crippling and disabling personnel and armament, heave bombardment was begun to demonstrate that it was possible to sink battleships by aircraft, July 20-21, 1921. From the album entitled, “First Provisional Air Brigade, Langley Field, Hampton, Virginia, 1921.” From the William Mitchell Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/07/15). Lot-6095-36: Anti-Ship Bombing Demonstration, 1921. SMS Ostfriesland, after crippling and disabling personnel and armament, heave bombardment was begun to demonstrate that it was possible to sink battleships by aircraft, July 20-21, 1921. From the album entitled, “First Provisional Air Brigade, Langley Field, Hampton, Virginia, 1921.” From the William Mitchell Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/07/15). |