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This is a complete list of Zeppelins constructed by the German Zeppelin companies from ... are preserved at the Royal Army and Military History Museum, Brussels. ...
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The Zeppelin in Combat: A History of the German Naval Airship Division, 1912–1918. Schiffer Military/Aviation History (3rd illus. Schiffer, Atglen PA ed.). Henley-on-Thames: Foulis. ISBN 978-0-88740-510-5. Storey, N. R. (2015). Zeppelin Blitz: The German Air Raids on Great Britain during the First World War (ebook ed.). Stroud: The History Press.
A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship named after the German inventor Ferdinand von Zeppelin (German pronunciation: [ˈt͡sɛpəliːn] ⓘ) who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century. Zeppelin's notions were first formulated in 1874 [1] and developed in detail in 1893. [2]
Imperial German Army LZ 90 (Zeppelin LZ 60) disappears without a trace after breaking loose in a storm and blown out to sea. 0 0 28 December 1916 Imperial German Navy L 24 (Zeppelin LZ 69) crashes into a wall while being taken into its hangar at Tondern and burns out, along with L 17 (Zeppelin LZ 53). 0 0 20 October 1917
He decided to test the newly developed spy basket himself, and almost fell out when it became entangled with the Zeppelin's aerial. [3] Initially, bombing was limited to military targets but with great lobbying support of Konteradmiral Paul Behncke, [1] the Kaiser approved attacks against civilian targets. Official British estimates list 498 ...
The Sopwith Camel 2F1 (s/n N6812) flown by Flight Sub-Lieutenant Stuart D Culley Charles Pears painting of Zeppelin LZ 100 (L 53) crashing to the North Sea. The Imperial German Navy Zeppelin LZ 100, given the tactical number L 53, was an V-class World War I zeppelin of the Imperial German Navy. It was shot down by the British RAF and was the ...
Airships made about 51 bombing raids on Britain during the war. These killed 557 and injured another 1,358 people. More than 5,000 bombs were dropped (largely on towns and cities) across Britain, causing £1.5 million (equivalent to £128,500,000 in 2023) in damage. 84 airships took part, of which 30 were shot down or lost in accidents.