Description
In March 1921, Major John G. Thornell and his crew were detailed to Italy to acquire a brand new experimental airship for america Army Air Service. Stationed at Langley Field in Hampton, the ROMA never lived as much as expectations in spite of being heralded as the way forward for military innovation. Tragically, it crashed and erupted in a ball of fireside in 1922, claiming the lives of thirty-four of the brave men aboard. Writer Nancy E. Sheppard reveals the forgotten, harrowing story of one of the most last great airships and those that sacrificed for the promise of a brand new era in aviation.