Zeppelin LZ 48

Zeppelin LZ 48, tactical number L 15, was a P-class Zeppelin of the First World War. It took part in eight reconnaissance missions and three attacks on England, dropping 5,780 kilograms of bombs. During a raid on London on 1 April 1916 it was damaged by ground fire from the Dartford anti-aircraft battery and came down at Kentish Knock Deep in the Thames estuary. One crew member was killed and the other 17 were picked up by ships and taken prisoner. The gunners at Purfleet tried to claim a 500 pound prize offered by the Mayor of London for shooting down a Zeppelin, but the War Office ruled them ineligible and they received a gold medal instead.