Fabric from ‘zeppelin shot down at Cuffley’
aircraft fragment, airship, aircraft fragment
Accession Number
NAM.2019-03-2-5-1
Description
Fabric fragment from ‘zeppelin shot down at Cuffley’, 1916. Stored in envelope. 2/Lt (later Capt VC) William Leefe Robinson shot down SL11 (Shutte-Lanz - technically an airship rather than a Zeppelin) commanded by Wilhelm Schram, over Cuffley, near Potters Bar, on the night of 3 Sep 1916. Zeppelin L31 was also shot down over Potters Bar on the night of 1 Oct 1916 by 2/Lt W J Tempest, the renowned Zeppelin commander Lt Heinrich Mathy was killed. From the collection of Capt Leslie Buckland Bagley. Associated with World War One, Air Operations (1914-1918).
Campaigns
World War One, Air Operations (1914-1918), World War One, Home Front (1914-1918)
Associated collection
