ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 880
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| Date: | Monday 2 October 1916 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Zeppelin LZ.72 |
| Owner/operator: | Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy) |
| Registration: | L.31 |
| MSN: | LZ72 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Potters Bar, Hertfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
LZ-72 flew one important reconnaissance mission in fleet operation against Sunderland, and six attacks on England dropping 19,411 kg of bombs. She was intercepted and destroyed by a British B.E.2c fighter on 2 October 1916 near Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, while commanded by the leading airship commander of the time, Kapitan Leutnant Helmut Mathy, who perished with his entire crew
Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Ferdinand Friedrich Mathy (33)
Eugen Boudange (25), Maschinistenmaat
Arthur Budwitz (27), Bootsmannsmaat
Karl Dornbusch (26), Obermatrose
Nikolaus Hemmerling (30), Maschinistenmaat
Karl Hiort (23), Obermaschinistenmaat
Ernst Kaiser (24), Segelmachermaat
Ernst Klee (26), Funkentelegrafieobergast
Siegfried Körber (31), Steuermann
Gustav Kunisch (24), Signalmaat
Karl Mensing (32), Maschinenmaat
Friedrich Peters (27), Obersteuermannsmaat
Heinrich Philipp (27), Obermatrose
Friedrich Rohr (27), Maschinistenmaat
Hubert Stender (23), Maschinistenmaat
Joseph Wegener (37), Maschinist
Jochen Werner (21), Leutnant zur See
Heinrich Witthöft (28), Bootsmannsmaat
Viktor Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Woellert (34), Obermaschinistenmaat
The crew were originally buried at Potters Bar but were later exhumed and reburied at Cannock Chase in the mid-1960s
Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_72
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1916.htm
3. http://www.hellfirecorner.co.uk/pottersbar/pottersbar.htm
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Zeppelins
5. https://www.northmymmshistory.uk/features/zeppelin/_
6. https://www.historychannel.com.au/articles/death-zeppelin-l-31-shot/
7. http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/the-great-war/great-war-on-land/battles-of-the-month/322-the-diary-of-the-great-war-1914-18/1916-diary/6081-1-october-zeppelin-l31-shot-down.html#sthash.JcC5HNlZ.dpbs
8. http://www.hertsatwar.co.uk/zeppelin-raids-hertfordshire
9. http://web.archive.org/web/20170830050617/http://www.wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/air/view.php?pid=1088
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jan-2008 05:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Jan-2008 12:02 | JINX | Updated |
| 25-Oct-2011 13:04 | harro | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 26-Aug-2015 14:03 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2017 21:58 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2018 21:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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