Zeppelin LZ 69

Zeppelin LZ 69, with the military designation L 24, was a Q-class Zeppelin built by Luftschiffbau Zeppelin at Potsdam for the Imperial German Navy. It made its first flight on 20 May 1916 and was soon stationed at the Tønder airship base. During the Battle of Jutland on 1 June 1916 it was sent out and dropped bombs on ships it believed it saw, though postwar research showed there were no warships in that area. It flew 33 flights in all, including four bombing raids and 19 reconnaissance missions, and took part in the large raids of 2 to 3 and 23 to 24 September 1916, bombing near Willian in Hertfordshire on the second. On 28 December 1916 it caught fire while being towed into the Toska double hangar, which also set fire to L 17, and both airships were completely destroyed.