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The first certain raid on Britain occurred on 21 December; the weather was dull with a slight wind from the south and rain showers. [10] At 1:00 p.m. Friedrichshafen FF.29 seaplane no. 203 from I. Seeflieger-Abteilung, carrying four 4.4 lb (2 kg) bombs, flown by Flugzeugführer Leutnant Stephan von Proudzynski and his observer (Beobachter) Fähnrich zur See Ludwig v.
Delivery After Raid (1940). Delivery After Raid, also popularly known as The London Milkman, is a black and white photograph taken by Fred Morley on 9 October 1940. [1] The image shows a milkman making his delivery along a street with buildings destroyed by German bombers during The Blitz in Holborn, Central London.
The Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine), whose airships were primarily used for reconnaissance over the North Sea, continued to bomb the United Kingdom until 1918. In all, fifty-one raids on Great Britain were carried out, the last by the Navy in May 1918. [2] The most intense year of the airship bombing of England was 1916. [3]
World War I strategic bombing (7 P) Pages in category "Aerial operations and battles of World War I" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
The missing men were from the Tyneside Scottish battalion and were among 22 to die in a raid in 1917. WW1 soldiers buried in unknown graves identified Skip to main content
Britain Needs You At Once at History of the United Kingdom during the First World War, unknown artist (restored by Adam Cuerden) A Hannover CL.III shot down on 4 October 1918 , by J. E. Gibbon (restored by Keraunoscopia )
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An Aviatik B.I, typical of the primitive two-seaters used by the Carrier Pigeon Squadron in late 1914.. Major Wilhelm Siegert was an aviation pioneer and an influential advocate of strategic bombing, who immediately approached the Oberste Heeresleitung (Supreme Army Command or OHL) proposing the formation of a bombing aeroplane force to attack Britain from Calais; the idea was accepted and on ...