Zeppelin LZ47 LZ77

First flight : 24 August 1915

Class : P

6 attacks on England and France dropping 12,610 kg (27,800 lb) of bombs.

Lenght : 163m diam : 18.7m volume : 31900 m3

Engines : 4x 215 hp speed : 96 km/u ceiling : 3200 m range : 4300 km

Useful load : 16.2t

Class : P

Zeppelin LZ47 LZ77 was shot down by a French 75mm motorised anti-aircraft gun on 21 February 1916 during the Battle of Verdun. It crashed near Revigny killing the crew of 15 man. A secret HVB code book was found partly burned in the wreckage. It was restored by the French secret service but on 16 March 1916 the Germans switched to a new code book FVB.

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