Zeppelin LZ 20

Zeppelin LZ 20, with the military designation Z V, was the twentieth Zeppelin airship constructed by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin and the eighth airship operated by the Imperial German Army. It made its first flight on 8 July 1913. In August 1914 it was deployed to the Eastern Front, flying reconnaissance missions over Russian Poland, where it was damaged by enemy rifle and machine-gun fire and was also mistakenly fired on by German troops. On 28 August 1914, during the Battle of Tannenberg, it raided the railway facilities at Mława; enemy fire punctured several gas cells and the loss of lift forced an emergency landing in enemy territory. The crew tried to burn the wreck but were captured by advancing Russian cavalry.