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| Date: | Monday 14 May 1917 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Zeppelin LZ.64 |
| Owner/operator: | Heer |
| Registration: | L.22 |
| MSN: | LZ64 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
LZ-64 participated in 30 reconnaissance missions and eight attacks on England, dropping 9,215 kg of bombs. She was destroyed by a British Curtis H12 Flying Boat near Terschelling on 14 May 1917 during a reconnaissance mission. All 21 crew members died in the crash.
Sources:
Puget Sound Airship Society
German Air Raids On Great Britain 1914-1918 / Joseph Morris
http://www.zeppelin-museum.dk/D/german/historie/historie.html
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jan-2008 05:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Jan-2008 10:41 | JINX | Updated |
| 25-Oct-2011 13:06 | harro | Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 20-Nov-2017 15:28 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jun-2022 06:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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