Zeppelin LZ36 L 9
First flight : 08 March 1915
Class : O built at : Friedrichshafen
74 reconnaissance missions in the North Sea; four raids on England dropping 5,683 kg (12,529 lb) of bombs; attacked several British submarines. Burnt out in its hangar on 16 September 1916 together with LZ 31. LZ36 was the first Zeppelin with closed gondolas and a pathway between the gondolas inside the envelop.
Flight path in the night of 14 April 1915 by L 9 and 15 June 1915 by L 10
L 9 attacked Hull in the night of 6-7 June 1915, 40 houses destroyed and 24 people died.
Length : 529 ft 4 in diam : 52 ft 5 in gas volume ; 879500 cubic ft max.speed : 53 mph Range : 1750 miles ceiling : 9000 ft
Payload : 24450 lbs empty weight : 39200 lbs
Engines : 3x Maybach C-X of 210 hp each
L9 gunner to defend the tail of the Zeppelin
Literature :
Wikipedia
Zeppelin, 1971 movie
