Zeppelin LZ 66

Zeppelin LZ 66, Imperial German Navy serial L 23, took part in 51 reconnaissance missions in the First World War and three attacks on England, dropping 5,254 kilograms of bombs. On the night of 2 to 3 September 1916 it joined the largest airship raid of the war on England and bombed the area of Boston in Lincolnshire, causing one death. On 23 April 1917, under Commander Bockholt, it stopped the Norwegian sailing ship Royal in the North Sea by dropping a bomb in front of it, found that the ship was carrying timber to England in breach of Norwegian neutrality, and sent a prize crew aboard to seize it. On 21 August 1917 it was shot down by Second Lieutenant Bernard A. Smart flying a Sopwith Pup.