What the records say
- When
- 9 Sep 1913
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 54.18° N, 7.89° E
Placed at the town its text puts it in, Heligoland.
Summary
Helgoland Island air disaster: The first fatalities aboard a German airship occur, when the Imperial German Navy Zeppelin dirigible LZ 14 is forced down into the North Sea off Heligoland during a thunderstorm, killing 16 of the 22 men on board.
Helgoland Island air disaster
1913 air disaster
The Helgoland Island air disaster occurred on 9 September 1913 after the airship Zeppelin LZ 14 had been transferred to the Imperial German Navy on 7 October 1912. As the first airship owned by the Navy, it was given the serial number L-1. Ordered to participate in manoeuvers, it departed the mainland in bad weather.
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