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Zeppelin LZ62 L 30
First flight 28 May 1916,
Class : R
First Super-Zeppelin, 10 attacks on the UK dropping 23305 kg bombs, only little damage was done due to bad visibility during the raids. 17 November 1917 decommissioned. displacement : 1949600 cubic feet = 55207 m^3, gross lift 64048 kg 6x Maybach engines. V : 100 km/u operational ceiling : 3962m useful lift : 27942 kg
First of the Type R "Super-Zeppelin" class, it had a volume of 55,200 m3. Ten raids on England dropping 23,305 kg (51,379 lb) of bombs; 31 reconnaissance missions above the North and Baltic Seas and at the Eastern Front; retired on 17 November 1917 and laid up at Seerappen. In 1920 ordered to be transferred to Belgium as part of war reparations, where it was dismantled. Some components, including an engine car, are preserved at the Royal Army and Military History Museum, Brussels.
Gondola of LZ62 in the military museum Brussel
Radio of L 30
Interior of L 30
23 September 1916 L 30 took part in 12 Zep raid against London. According Commander Buttlar at 22.35 hrs bombs where dropped on London, but no damage was done and no evidence that he was over London at all at that time.
length: 198,00 m
radius: 23,90 m
volume: 55200 m³
load: 32,5 t
engines: 6 Maybach 240 hp
career: 10 raids against England with a total of 23305 kg bombs, but caused little damage
armament: up to 5000 kg bombs; 10 MG
range : 4600 miles, ceiling : 12500 ft empty wgt : 79600 lb payload : 61600 lb
Literature :
De oorlog in de lucht en in de ruimte page 60+