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Zeppelin LZ23 Z VIII

First flight : 21 Februar 1914

Lenght: 156m

Diam. : 14.9m

Speed : 72 km/u

Volume : 22140 m3

Empty weight : 16880m

Usefull weight : 8850 kg

Engines : 3x 180 hp

General information :

Under the same orders as Z VII on 21 August 1914, Z VIII engaged the French army while at an altitude of a few hundred feet. According to Lehmann Z VIII received "thousands of bullets and shell splinters", forcing it to drift and make a forced landing in no man's land near Bandonvillers, collins pres du col de la chapelotte. The crew destroyed all documents and tried to burn the wreck but so little gas remained it would not burn: the airship crew were captured by the French Army.^{[citation needed]}

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