The defeat of the Zeppelins : Zeppelin raids and anti-airship operations, 1916-18 /

Mick Powis decribes the novel threat posed to the British war effort by the raids of German airships, or Zeppelins, and the struggle to develop effective defenses against them. Despite their size and relatively slow speed, the Zeppelins were hard to locate and destroy at first. They could fly higher...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Powis, Mick (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK : Pen & Sword Aviation, 2018.
Subjects:	World War, 1914-1918 > Aerial operations, German. World War, 1914-1918 > Great Britain. World War, 1914-1918 > Aerial operations, British. Military airships > Germany > History > 20th century. Bombing, Aerial > Germany > History > 20th century. Great Britain > History > George V, 1910-1936.

Table of Contents:

A note on time
Introduction
1. Weapons of darkness
2. Operations in 1914
3. Terror bomber: the raids of 1915
4. The raids of January and February 1916
5. Blinker's boys: radio location and the tracking of airships
6. Fokker fodder: the development of night fighter aircraft
7. The Begian rattlesnake: the Lewis gun
8. March to August 1916
9. A dangerous autumn: September to December 1916
10. The air raids of early 1917
11. The "Large America" flying boat
12. The silent raid: 19/20 October 1917
13. The end game: November 1917 and 1918
14. The scuttling.
Appendix one: Airships destroyed in the Great war
Appendix two: Name changes of towns and cities.