Zeppelin Over Suffolk: the Final Raid of L48 - Softcover

Mower, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844157377 ISBN 13: 9781844157372

Publisher: Pen & Sword Aviation, 2009

Synopsis

Zeppelin Over Suffolk tells the remarkable story of the destruction of a German airship over East Anglia in 1917. The drama is set against the backdrop of Germany's aerial bombing campaign on Britain in the First World War, using a terrifying new weapon, the Zeppelin. The course of the raid on that summer night is reconstructed in vivid detail, moment by moment - the Zeppelin's take off from northern Germany, its slow journey across the North Sea, the bombing run along the East Anglian coast, the pursuit by British fighters high over Suffolk, and the airship's final moments as it fell to earth in flames near the village of Theberton in the early morning of 17 June 1917. Mark Mower gives a gripping account of a pivotal episode in the pioneering days of the air war over England.

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About the Author

Mark Mower is an author and historian who has written books on subjects varying from Crime to Aviation in World War One.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pen & Sword Aviation
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844157377
• ISBN 13: 9781844157372
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160