ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 914
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| Date: | Sunday 11 August 1918 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Zeppelin LZ.100 |
| Owner/operator: | Imperial German Navy |
| Registration: | L.53 |
| MSN: | LZ100 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 7 miles off Ameland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
LZ-100 participated in 19 reconnaissance missions and four attacks on England, dropping 11,930 kg of bombs. She was intercepted and destroyed by a British Sopwith Camel (N6812, flown by Lt Culley) which took off from a lighter towed by the Destroyer HMS Redoubt, on 11 August 1918.
Sources:
Puget Sound Airship Society
German Air Raids On Great Britain 1914-1918 / Joseph Morris
http://landewers.net/luchtschepenNL1914-1918-deel2.pdf
https://books.google.nl/books?id=buiaej5-nPUC&lpg=PA30&ots=9XMYY4ej9v&dq=zeppelin%201918%20L53&hl=nl&pg=PA30#v=onepage&q=zeppelin%201918%20L53&f=false
https://www.luftschiff.de/2_luftschiffe/2_100.htm
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jan-2008 05:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Jan-2008 12:00 | JINX | Updated |
| 25-Oct-2011 13:12 | harro | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2017 16:00 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2018 10:21 | harro | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2022 09:43 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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