there are so many threads to navigate that i only discovered this one now (i joined the aerodrome last month)...
can you pls send me details about the commemoration you plan in connection with L33. some years ago an english friend gave me a 6 inch strip of metal which formed part of the girder construction. it includes a 1.5 inch cross bit with the four welded points in place. i could visually verify it by examining the photo of the girder shown on
www.aeroconservancy.com
the metal strip is accompanied by a similar bit of (flat) metal shaped into a crude iron cross with the inscription "zepp L33 sept 1916 essex.
i presume a number of these trinkets made the rounds after the ship came down in england.
crankcase