A German air campaign of the First World War was carried out against Britain. After several attacks by seaplanes, the main campaign began in January 1915 with airships. Until the Armistice the Marine-
A plaque (61 Farringdon Road, London) commemorating a First World War Zeppelin raid on London
Example of a FF29 floatplane, seen atop the German submarine U-12
British recruiting poster from 1915
Destroyed property in King's Lynn, Norfolk, following the raid on 19 January 1915
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An airship, dirigible balloon or dirigible is a type of aerostat aircraft that can navigate through the air flying under its own power. Aerostats use buoyancy from a lifting gas that is less dense tha
German bombing of Britain, 1914–1918
…air campaign of the First World War was carried out against Britain. After several attacks by seaplanes, the main campaign began in January 1915 with airships. Until the Armistice the Marine-Fliegerabteilung (Navy Aviation Department) and Die Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches (Imperial German Flying…
A modern airship, Zeppelin NT D-LZZF in 2010
Dirigible airships compared with related aerostats, from the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, 1890–1907
U.S. Navy airships and balloons, 1931: in the background, ZR-3, in front of it, (l to r) J-3 or 4, K-1, ZMC-2, in front of them, "Caquot" observation balloon, and in foreground free balloons used for training
The air-filled red balloon acts as a simple ballonet inside the outer balloon, which is filled with lifting gas.