Zeppelin in flames as seen through telescope

Zeppelin in flames as seen through telescope from Southfields, September 3rd 1916. Signed Walter Hunt.This relates to the Zeppelin raid on the night 2nd/3rd September 1916 and shows the shooting down of Schutte-Lanz 11 commanded by Wilhelm Schramm which was shot down by 2nd Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson in his B.E.2C biplane. The descent of the blazing S-L 11 from a height of 2 miles to a field at Cuffley was seen by many Londoners, as shown in this oil painting. Walter Hunt (1861-1941)

Be2c Blazing Commanded Cuffley Descent Lanz Leefe Londoners Relates Schramm Schutte Southfields Telescope

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