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Zeppelin LZ87 L47
Class : R
First flight : 11 May 1917
18 reconnaissance missions and three attacks dropping 3,240 kg (7,140 lb) of bombs around the North Sea and England. On 5 January 1918, a giant explosion at the air base in Alhorn (location : 52°53’06”N 8°13’57”E ) destroyed four Zeppelins (including L 47) and one non-Zeppelin built airship, housed in one adjacent hangar and two 0.5 mi (0.80 km) away.
No pictures of L47 found
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