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Zeppelin LZ57 LZ87
LZ87 taken from its hangar
Class : P
First flight : 6 December 1915
2 attacks on Ramsgate and Margate dropping 3,000 kg (6,600 lb) of bombs; in July 1916 handed to the German Navy; 16 reconnaissance missions around the Baltic Sea; later used as a school ship. Decommissioned in July 1917 in Juterborg
Zeppelin machine gunners attempting to beat off a British aeroplane attack. The gunners are positioned on a 9 foot platform above the bow end of the airship, which pitched and rolled with the swaying airship, which frequently nose-dived in order to avoid searchlights and shells. A light wire fencing prevented the men rolling off the roof of the airship. This view of the platform was reconstructed by artist Fortunino Matania after an examination of a fallen Zeppelin. Date: 1916
Literature :
Das Grosse Luftschiffbuch – Peter Meyer page 89