Zeppelin Collection (page 5)

Zeppelin LZ4 after the Echterdingen disaster, Germany, 1908 (1933). LZ4 was the fourth Zeppelin to be built. The German Army was interested in purchasing the airship but on 5th August 1908 she

Zeppelin LZ4, 1908 (1933). LZ4 was the fourth Zeppelin to be built. The German Army was interested in purchasing the airship but on 5th August 1908 she crashed

Zeppelin LZ3 airborne, Germany, c1906-1908 (1933). LZ3 was the first truly successful Zeppelin. The airship made 45 flights, travelling more than 4000 kilometres

Count Zeppelin with his daughter in the gondola of Zeppelin LZ3, Germany, c1906-1908 (1933). LZ3 was the first truly successful Zeppelin

Zeppelin LZ3, purchased by the German Army and was operated as the Z1, 1906 (1933). The army used the airship as a training ship until she was decommissioned in 1913

Zeppelin LZ2 after its destruction, 1906 (1933). The second Zeppelin to be built, LZ2 made its only flight on 17th January 1906

Zeppelin LZ1 in a floating hanger at Manzell, Friedrichshafen, Germany, 1900, (1933). The first Zeppelin, LZ1 was built and housed in this floating hangar on Lake Constance

Airship LZ1 Graf Zeppelin under construction, 1899 (1933). LZ1 was the first of the Zeppelins. It was built in a floating hangar on Lake Constance and made its maiden flight on 2nd July 1900

Damage done in the first bombing raid on London, 1915 (1937). Artist: Central Press
Damage done in the first bombing raid on London, 1915 (1937). On 31st May 1915, Zeppelin LZ38 of the German Army carried out the first air raid on London

Destruction wrought by German Zeppelin bombs, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Destruction wrought by German Zeppelin bombs, World War I, 1914-1918. The Germans launched Zeppelin raids against various locations in Britain, including London, from 1915 onwards

The damage done by a German Zeppelin bomb, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
The damage done by a German Zeppelin bomb, World War I, 1914-1918. The Germans launched Zeppelin raids against various locations in Britain, including London, from 1915 onwards

Zeppelin bombardment of Antwerp, First World War, 24 August 1914. Artist: RG Mathews
Zeppelin bombardment of Antwerp, First World War, 24 August 1914. Illustration from The Great War HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

Zeppelin airship passing over Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

Zeppelin and accident insurance advertisement, 1910. Front and back. From The Connoisseur magazine (September 1910)

The airship Graf Zepplin over London, August 1931 (1936). Built in 1928, the rigid airship Graf Zeppelin was 235 m (772 ft) long and had a gas capacity of 105, 055, 490 liters (3, 710, 000 cu ft)

A Zeppelin entering its floating shed, c 1900, (c1920). The floating hangar could be aligned with the wind. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London)

How Sub-Lieutenant Warneford won his VC, 7 June 1915, (1920). Warneford was the first Royal Naval Air Service pilot to be awarded the Victoria Cross, for shooting down Zeppelin LZ 37 over Belgium

Command area on board a Zeppelin, German air fleet, First World War, 1917. Artist: Felix Schwormstadt
Command area on board a Zeppelin, German air fleet, First World War, 1917

On board a Zeppelin, German air fleet, First World War, 1917. Artist: Felix Schwormstadt
On board a Zeppelin, German air fleet, First World War, 1917

Cuxhaven Raid, 25 December 1914, (1926). Artist: Charles Fouqueray
Cuxhaven Raid, 25 December 1914, (1926). On Christmas Day 1914 the British launched a comined air and naval attack on the Zeppelin bases at Cuxhaven and Wilhelmshaven in northern Germany

German Zeppelin L49 brought down and captured intact by the French, 20 October 1917

The carcass of Zeppelin LZ85 (L45), 20 October 1917. L45s crew carried out an emergency landing behind Allied lines and destroyed the airship

The carcass of Zeppelin LZ93 (L44), St Clement, France, 20 October 1917. Wreckage of a German airship brought down by anti-aircraft fire

Zeppelin destroyed by an English aviator, 1915. Artist: Lemonier
Zeppelin destroyed by an English aviator, 1915. On 7 June 1915 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Reginald Warneford, flying a Morane-Saulnier Type L

Zeppelin attack on the suburbs of Paris, World War I, 1915. A print from Le Pays de France, 1 April 1915

Portrait of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Portrait from a medal commemorating Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, designer of the engine-powered dirigible airships bearing his name used by the Germans in World War I

Zeppelin airship in action during World War I, 1914. Reverse of a medal commemorating Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, designer of the engine-powered dirigible airships bearing his name used by

Zeppelin airship caught in searchlights during a bombing raid over England, 1916. On the night of 2-3 September London was bombed. Illustration published c1920

Zeppelin airship shot down at Cuffley, near Enfield, during bombing raid on London, 1916
Zeppelin airship shot down at Cuffley, near Enfield, close to London, by Lieut William Leefe Robinson of Royal Flying Corps during bombing raid on London on night of 2-3 September 1916

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