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| Date: | Monday 25 January 1915 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Parseval PL 19 |
| Owner/operator: | German Navy |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 30 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1.5 versts off Bernāti -
 Latvia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Vigorous and frequent shelling of the airship began from various points in the city. A well-aimed bullet hit a tank of gasoline. The airship began to descend, and at a distance of 1.5 versts from the shore it plopped into the sea.
When the gondola began to descend into the water, the surviving crew members climbed up the rope ladders - and threw out the surrender signal.
As a result, they were captured, as we noted above, by sailors of captains 2nd rank Nikiforaki and Yurkovsky. 7 people were removed from the airship (the remaining 23 Germans from the crew died).
The soldier, who accurately hit a tank of gasoline, was greeted with applause upon his return to Libau - and carried through the city in his arms. The crew of the airship was sent under escort to Petrograd - and imprisoned in the Peter and Paul Fortress.
Neither the power (the ability to lift 235 pounds of cargo) nor the cruising speed, which was decent for those times (up to 70 km per hour), helped the air giant.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parseval_airships
https://btgv.ru/history/troops-history/german-block/the-presumptuous-parsefal/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-May-2009 12:25 | harro | Added |
| 23-Aug-2018 14:55 | Air Command | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 17-Mar-2024 15:40 | edijs1504 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Jul-2024 13:29 | cdeleted | Updated [Location, ] |
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