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Zeppelin LZ29 Z X
Class : M
First flight : 13 October 1914
Commander : Hauptmann Alfred Horn
Two attacks on Calais and Paris, dropping 1,800 kg (4,000 lb) of bombs; on the way back after raiding Paris, 29 March 1915, Z X was damaged flying at 3000m height by anty-aircraft fire near Noyon. Leaking gas it escaped over the German lines. All ballast and equipment was trown over board to lighten the ship. But an emergency landing was inevitable. The crew was not injured in the forced landing near St. Quentin. Z X was dismantled after the forced landing at St. Quentin .
Literature :
Wikipedia – list of Xeppelins
The Zeppelin Reader – Robert Hedin
De oorlog in de lucht en in de ruimted deel 1 page 68