My Grandfather, George Victor Crump (born 1889) shown in the R24 crew photo on the site, at the left-hand end of the seated row, was a rigger initially on R24 and subsequently a coxwain on R33, mainly based at Pulham.
Below: Crump was captain of SSZ20 at Luce Bay.
I attach a photo of him in cold-weather gear and also of R24, which you may not have.
After WW1, he signed on again for a further period on airships as jobs were in short supply then.
After that, he worked in the provisions trade and latterly formed and owned his own businesses in Folkestone and Ashford, Kent, until his death in the early 1960s.
He was an amateur artist and sculptor and played violin in the local orchestra. I still use his brushes, easel and have his violin.
Thanks to Iain Crump for providing the photos and details of his Grandfather, George Victor Crump
We have found from our records that Victor Crump made his first ascent at Hurlingham Polo Ground on July 17th 1917, and was posted to Cranwell, where he trained on HMA No 6 under Lt. Cdr. Cooke, and on SS37 and SS39 with pilots Campbell, Plowden and Perry.
He went solo on SS37 on October 17th 1917, and was posted to Capel Coastal airship station in Kent. Victor Crump left there on January 14th 1918, and arrived at Luce Bay four days later. He mentions his crew as being Cooper and Pritchard. In company with them on July 15th, he wrecked SSZ12 on a flagstaff at Stranraer pier. From Iain Crump’s comments, he later moved on to the H.M.A. 24, then to the R.33, both based at Pulham.