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The wrecked Zeppelin brought down by our aviators near the coast of Essex.
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The wrecked Zeppelin brought down by our aviators near the coast of Essex.

The skeleton of an airship which crashed in a field. 1915. Collection note: "The photographs appear in a variety of sizes, shapes and colours including shades of blue, green and brown. They record scenes of military life as experienced by the Indian and British armies in France during the First World War." Added: This is the wreck of Zeppelin LZ 76 (also designated L 33), which was torched by its crew after making a forced landing at Little Wigborough, near Colchester in Essex, after sustaining serious damage from an anti-aircraft shell and British fighter aircraft, returning from a bombing raid over London on 23 September 1916,.

Date
1916–1921
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
photograph
Original size
2,135 × 1,448 pixels

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"The wrecked Zeppelin brought down by our aviators near the coast of Essex." (1916–1921). Wikimedia Commons. CC0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wrecked_Zeppelin_brought_down_by_our_aviators_near_the_coast_of_Essex_(1916)_-_India_Office_Official_Record_of_the_Great_War_(1921)_-_BL_Photo_21-108.jpg

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