Zeppelin LZ48 L 15

8 reconnaissance missions; 3 attacks on England dropping a total of 5,780 kg (12,740 lb) of bombs. Damaged by ground fire from Dartford AA battery^[29] during a raid on London on 1 April 1916, it came down at Kentish Knock Deep in the Thames estuary. 1 crew member was killed, the other 17 were taken prisoner.^[38]

On 1 April 1916, Alfred de Bathe (Bath) Brandon , flying a B.E.2e fighter of No. 19 Reserve Aeroplane Squadron, he succeeded in attacking Zeppelin L 15 using Ranken darts and an incendiary bomb. It subsequently came down in the sea, and although the airship had already been damaged by anti-aircraft fire, his efforts won him the Military Cross.^[7][8]

Literature: Warplane world war one page 64

Armament of British Aircraft 1909-1939 page 284