William Brooks and a Zeppelin Raid

Found this today, it mentions he was on theground when Zeppelins were dropping bombs. Isnt very detailed though but folks researching this sort of thing might be able to find more that he said on it. A starting point maybe? I dont know how true it is either.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWbrooks.htm

One night, we watched a Zeppelin raid on the Woolwich Aresnal. The German Zeppelin was sort of hovering over the building dropping bombs and they scored a couple of direct hits, causing massive explosions. We felt the blast two to three miles away. A few small bi-planes of ours went up to attack it but the Zeppelin had heavy machine-guns mounted in the cabin slung beneath it and, being almost stationary, could take careful aim on a plane. So our brave airman stood no chance. But one little plane went up, one of those double wing ones with all the struts holding the wings together. Well, this pilot flew above the Zeppelin and dropped bombs onto it. One hit it square on - flames started to light up the night sky. She was on fire all right. Everyone in the street started to cheer.

My dad was watching through a small telescope he had and said he could see the men on the Zeppelin inside the cabin rushing about throwing ropes over the side, and other things, trying to lighten the ship. Anyway, its main engines started up with a roar and she slowly began to move away with smoke pouring out of her. Well, dad said they knew they were done for, but were going to try and make it home. As it pulled away it looked like a huge wounded animal and going to die. It crashed in flames over Essex before it made the Channel. I know they were our enemies but I couldn't feel sorry for them. That was the last of the Zeppelin raid. They proved too vulnerable. The pilot of our small plane was a Lt. Robinson and he got the Victoria Cross for that, but the poor man was shot down and killed over France a year later by an ace German fighter-pilot."



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Spring / autumn (fall ?)

I have to start mowing the lawns every weekend for the next few months. I hope you blokes from the northern hemisphere enjoy raking up leaves. I hope this fits in with your thread, Cam


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>I hope this fits in with your thread, Cam<

lol, I put it up as there were a few threads on Zeppelins not so long ago and though someone was pretty interested in them. Mustnt have been.



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