3431 x 3016 px | 29 x 25,5 cm | 11,4 x 10,1 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
1925
Ubicazione:
England
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'Map showing the L.Z.38's advance on London, May, 1915'. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Unsigned. Provenance: "The German Air Raids on Great Britain 1914-1918"; by Captain Joseph Morris, Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd, London. Type: Vintage military map. The LZ 38 flew a raid on Ipswich on 29–30 April and another on Southend on 9–10 May. LZ38 also attacked Dover and Ramsgate on 16–17 May, before returning to bomb Southend on 26–27 May. These four raids killed six people and injured six, causing property damage estimated at £16, 898. Twice Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) aircraft tried to intercept LZ 38 but on both occasions it was either able to outclimb the aircraft or was already at too great an altitude for the aircraft to intercept; the BE2 took about 50 minutes to climb to 10, 000 ft (3, 000 m). On 30 May, Captain Linnarz again commanded LZ 38 on the first London raid; LZ 37 was also to be part of the raid but suffered structural damage early on and returned to Namur. Flying from Evere LZ 38 crossed the English coast near Margate at 21.42 before turning west once over Southend. London police were warned of an incoming raid around 23.00; a few minutes later small incendiaries began to fall. These devices, weighing 11 kg (25 lb), were filled with thermite and the exterior was wrapped in tarred rope. In total some 120 bombs were dropped on a line stretching from Stoke Newington south to Stepney and then north toward Leytonstone. Seven people were killed and 35 injured; 41 fires were started, burning out seven properties and the total damage was assessed at £18, 596. Aware of the problems that the Germans were experiencing in navigation, this raid caused the government to issue a D notice prohibiting the press from reporting anything about future attacks that was not mentioned in official statements: previous press reports had contained detailed information about where bombs had fallen. Fifteen defensive sorties were flown against the raiders, only one of
