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Zeppelin LZ105 L58
Class : V
First flight : 29 October 1917
Two reconnaissance missions; destroyed in the Ahlhorn explosion . Burned in hangar Ahlhorn, Germany on 5 January 1918
Little remained after the fire at the Alhorn base
Built during the First World War in the summer of 1915 for Zeppelins four large hangars were built. In two pairs, the hangers measured 240 metres (790 ft) in length, 60 metres (200 ft) in width and 35 metres (115 ft) in height. The hangers were name "Albrecht" and "Aladin" (northern pair), and "Alrun" and "Alix" (southern pair). On 5 January 1918 Ahlhorn hangars explosion that destroyed the LZ 87 (L 47), LZ 94 (L 46), LZ 97 (L 51), LZ 105 (L 58), and SL 20. Fifteen killed, 134 injured.
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