Victorious Zeppelin gunner?

[rammjaeger]

I read an article about an attack of LZ 79 (commander Gaissert) against Paris. On the way back the Zep was attacked by French airplanes.
It was said the upper platform gunner, Steuermann (helmsman) Fey, shot down an attacker in flames.
Additional the left gondola gunner, Maschinist Schöner, was driving-off another attacker.
The article did not mention the date but I think the Zep attack of LZ 79 against Paris was in the night of 29./30. January 1916. I have a little bit distrust against the victory claim in this article because the author is war reporter Lt. Martin Lampel - not all of his claims about a visit by MvR - written in another article - were true.
Are there any losses of French aircraft known for this night (days)?

PS: I know the claim that Zep gunners were never shoting down an aircraft but I know that at least one British aircraft was forced down in the Netherlands after air combat with a Zeppelin.

Hannes,

From the French records I have available to me there was only one French aircraft casualty on 29/30 January 1916, and I doubt that this crew was in combat with a Zeppelin.
29 January, time unknown, Aspirant Gayral and Soldat Lefortier, Escadrille C 18, claimed an enemy aircraft as a probable victory, but evidently the gunner, Lefortier, was badly wounded as he later died of his wounds. ONLY casualty listed for this date, nothing on 30 or 31 January 1916.

Bill

[rammjaeger]

Thank you, Bill!
Obviously another case of Lampel´s propagandistic overclaimings. He "forgot" also to mention that LZ 79 was lost in the next night.

VBR
Hannes