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Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lansdowne, USN (December 1, 1888 – September 3, 1925) was a United States Navy officer and early Naval aviator who contributed to the development of the Navy's first lighter-than-air craft. He earned the Navy Cross for his participation in the first transoceanic airship flight while assigned to the British ''R34'' in 1919. He later commanded the USS ''Shenandoah'' (ZR-1), which was the first rigid airship to complete a flight across North America. He was killed in the crash of the ''Shenandoah''. ==Biography== Born in Greenville, Ohio, Lansdowne was appointed to the United States Naval Academy September 2, 1905 and commissioned Ensign June 5, 1911. He subsequently served on the destroyer , and in the Ohio Naval Militia. After completing his aviation training, he became Naval Aviator 105. Lansdowne was assigned to duty with the Royal Naval Air Service during and after World War I, to study dirigibles. He was awarded the Navy Cross “for distinguished service...as one of the crew of the British airship R-34, which in July 1919, made the first successful nonstop passage from England to the United States.” He married Margaret Kennedy Ross (September 30, 1902-June 9, 1982) on December 7, 1921 in Washington D.C. She was later remarried John Caswell Jr. on February 27, 1927. Caswell died on December 23, 1954 in Washington D.C. On February 11, 1924 Landsdowne took command of the rigid lighter-than-air ship, , and was killed when she crashed at Ava, Ohio, September 3, 1925. He was buried later that month in section four at Arlington National Cemetery.〔“Loss of the USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), 3 September 1925” Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy〕 The crash of the ''Shenandoah'' was the trigger for United States Army Colonel Billy Mitchell to heavily criticize the leadership of both the Army and the Navy, leading directly to his court-martial for insubordination and the end of his military career. Lansdowne was played by Jack Lord in the 1955 film ''The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell''. Lansdowne's house in Greenville still stands; it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zachary Lansdowne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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