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Old 4 July 2006, 07:06 PM   #8 (permalink)
Rick
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Originally Posted by agblume
Schutte-Lanz Army airship SL.5 (factory number C.3) made its first flight at Darmstadt on 21.05.1915. On 05.07.1915 engine failure resulted in her forced landing at Giessen, where a thunderstorm battered the ship to pieces. She flew no combat missions. I don't know her commanders. Hope this helps. Cheers, agblume
Augie, I show the C.O. of SL 5 as Hptm. Pochhammer (NFN) from (as you stated) 21May15 to 5Jul15 when it was destroyed. R.
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