Downed Zeppelin still smouldering, 23rd or 24th September
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1999-11-70-17
Description
Photograph: Downed Zeppelin still smouldering, 23rd or 24th September. Associated with World War One, Air Operations (1914-1918). British military personnel inspect the wreckage of a German airship. The first Zeppelin raid on Britain was at Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in January 1915. London was first attacked on 31 May 1915, when seven people were killed and £18,000 worth of damage caused. In the months that followed, fifty further Zeppelin raids took place and a blackout was imposed on the city.
Campaigns
World War One, Air Operations (1914-1918), World War One, Home Front (1914-1918)
People
Associated collection
