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Zeppelin LZ100 L 53

First flight : 08 August 1917

19 reconnaissance missions; 4 attacks on England, dropping 11,930 kg (26,300 lb) of bombs. Intercepted and destroyed by Sopwith Ships Camel N6812 flown by Lt Culley RAF, who took off from a lighter towed by the destroyer HMS Redoubt, on 11 August 1918. LZ 100 was the last zeppelin destroyed in the war. The Zeppelin crashed 7 miles off Ameland. The entire crew of 19 was killed in the crash.

Engines : 5 x 240 hp

Max. speed : 115 km/u service ceiling : 6500m

Range : 13500 km

Lenght : 196.5m volume : 56.000 m3

Literature :

German aircraft of the first world war page 76

http://fandavion.free.fr/Ballon%20dirigeable%20Zeppelin%20LZ.100.htm

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