Zeppelin LZ 112

Zeppelin LZ 112, given the tactical number L 70, was an X-class Zeppelin of the Imperial German Navy and the first of three X-class ships built for the Navy; the third, Dixmude, made its first flight on 9 July 1920 and was surrendered to the French four days later. L 70 was the flagship of the last big raid on England: on the afternoon of 5 August 1918 it took off from Friedrichshafen with four other airships, carrying Fregattenkapitän Peter Strasser, the Leader of Airships. The squadron was spotted at sea by the Leman Tail lightship, and Major Egbert Cadbury and Captain Robert Leckie took off in an Airco DH.4, climbed above 16,000 feet and attacked the airship, whose escaping gas ignited and turned it into a fireball in less than a minute. It dived into the clouds.