£420
Of WWI Interest. A section of burnt Zeppelin canvas from L-31: contained within a section of folded paper with manuscript 'October 1st 1916. Sunday. Piece of canvas from super Zeppelin brought down at Potter Bar at 11:45pm. Time taken at Hadley as it burst into flames', 9.5x3.5cm. *Notes- On the night of 1st October 1916 an air raid of 11 airships flew over Britain. On hearing of the raid pilot Wulstan Joseph Tempest of No.39 Home Defense squadron ignored orders to patrol the Thames and increased his altitude in the hope of crossing the flight path of the Zeppelins. Coming across L-31 which had been illuminated by the searchlight detachment at Barnet, Tempest engaged with L-31 and shot it down. All of the crew aboard were killed including Commander Lieutenant Heinrich Mathy, the record holder for the highest number of Zeppelin raids over Britain during WWI.
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