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Zeppelin over Suffolk: The Final Raid of the L48 Kindle Edition

by Mark Mower (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 out of 5 stars 120 ratings
The dramatic story of the final mission and moments of the German Navy’s prized airship during World War I.
 
Zeppelin Over Suffolk tells the remarkable story of the destruction of a German airship over East Anglia in 1917. The drama is set against the backdrop of Germany’s aerial bombing campaign on Britain in the First World War, using a terrifying new weapon, the Zeppelin. The course of the raid on that summer night is reconstructed in vivid detail, moment by moment—the Zeppelin’s take off from northern Germany, its slow journey across the North Sea, the bombing run along the East Anglian coast, the pursuit by British fighters high over Suffolk, and the airship’s final moments as it fell to earth in flames near the village of Theberton in the early morning of 17 June 1917. Mark Mower gives a gripping account of a pivotal episode in the pioneering days of the air war over England.
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    179 pages
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    Pen & Sword Aviation
  4. Publication date
    June 25, 2009
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Mark Mower is an author and historian who has written books on subjects varying from Crime to Aviation in World War One.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00DN5U4XW
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen & Sword Aviation (June 25, 2009)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 25, 2009
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.5 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 179 pages
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Mark Mower is a member of the Crime Writers’ Association, the Sherlock Holmes Society of London and the Solar Pons Society of London. He writes true crime stories and fictional mysteries. His work includes five volumes of Holmes pastiches, entitled 'A Farewell to Baker Street', 'Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Case-Files', 'Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Legacy', 'Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Epilogue', and 'Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Archive' (all with MX Publishing) and, to date, he has contributed chapters to fifteen parts of the ongoing series 'The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories'.

Mark’s non-fiction works include 'Bloody British History: Norwich' (The History Press, 2014), 'Suffolk Murders' (The History Press, 2011) and 'Zeppelin Over Suffolk' (Pen & Sword Books, 2008).

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Customers find the book well-researched and informative, with one customer noting it presents a little-known view of World War I.

"This is a great book !! Well written !! Definitely now a favorite in my collection of history on Zeppelins ." Read more

"...in the greater conflict of WW1. Using excellent sources ,he builds the picture of the journey from its base to its ultimate dimise &..." Read more

"...This book provides some good insight into what this (inevitably useless) type of warfare was like for those who chose to go to war in Zeppelins...." Read more

"Highly detailed and surprisingly well-illustrated history of one facet of the German Zeppelin aerial "Terror Bombing" campaign that was..." Read more

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"...aftermath , taking you along for the ride. Well worth the read if you want to understand these brave enemy men who died were doing their..." Read more

"...However, it does provide for an entertaining read as we follow the doomed L48 from launch to its final destination, a smoking ruin in an English..." Read more

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  • CHRISTOPHE
    5.0 out of 5 stars Interested in war zeppelins read this!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2013
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    This is a great book !! Well written !! Definitely now a favorite in my collection of history on Zeppelins .
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  • CHRISTOPHER DAY
    4.0 out of 5 stars A Mission Lost
    Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2012
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    This book gathers the hugly documented information about the downing of the L48 all in one place.
    If your a Ebay watcher of zeppelin artifacts , a lot of WW1 vintage bits come from this craft.
    The author places the Raid in the context of the larger air war against England & its place
    in the greater conflict of WW1.
    Using excellent sources ,he builds the picture of the journey from its base to its ultimate dimise
    & aftermath , taking you along for the ride.

    Well worth the read if you want to understand these brave enemy men who died were doing their job as well.

    Chris D
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  • Kindle Customer
    3.0 out of 5 stars Warfare, Technology and Overcoming the Learning Curve
    Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2014
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    In this age of hypersonic speed, fly by wire and stealth technology it's hard to imagine the kind of challenges faced by men floating in slow moving highly flammable airships hundreds of miles, navigating largely by dead reckoning for purposes of dropping a small number of bombs which landed God knows where on Enemy territory.

    This book provides some good insight into what this (inevitably useless) type of warfare was like for those who chose to go to war in Zeppelins.

    The incident covered by the book was a minor pinprick of an attack when compared with the far greater land and to a lesser extent air battles fought during WWI. However, it does provide for an entertaining read as we follow the doomed L48 from launch to its final destination, a smoking ruin in an English pasture.

    Looking back on it, one wonders how this kind of warfare could ever have been perceived as producing any meaningful result. But warfare over the ages has always been advanced by experiments in technology, many of which failed but led to pursuit of other more effective ways of butchering humanity.

    This book is worth the read on this, the 100th anniversary of the start of WWI.
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  • dharmachakra
    5.0 out of 5 stars If You're Not Careful You Just Might Learn Something New!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2015
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    Highly detailed and surprisingly well-illustrated history of one facet of the German Zeppelin aerial "Terror Bombing" campaign that was directed at the British homeland during the Great War.
    Provides a comprehensive background on lighter-than-air flight in general and dirigibles and Zeppelins in particular.
    Highly instructive and well-balanced from both the German and British perspectives . A well-researched and thoughtfully- crafted book.
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  • Hugo Eckener
    4.0 out of 5 stars Well written local history
    Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2009
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    This is a good account of a single, spectacular zeppelin raid over Suffolk (western England) during WWI. It can easily be read in one sitting. The author used a lot of local sources and was able to fill his narrative with lots of vivid detail that will give you a good sense of what it was like to be there. The book also sketches in some of the context of the zeppelin raids of WWI, though to get the big picture the definitive work on the subject is The Zeppelin in Combat by Douglas Robinson.
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  • Kindle Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Well told
    Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2016
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    Very informative. I thoroughly enjoyed the read. Interesting that both sides were plagued by mechanical problems. Engines, guns, operating systems, the works. My guess, a rush to get machines into combat before they were perfected.
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  • Hank Petruskewic Jr.
    3.0 out of 5 stars WW1 use of hydrogen and the folly of using this technology...
    Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2018
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    The 3star rating was given as a result for many repeats that could have been avoided. This book was a good technical review on the dangers of using hydrogen and the irrational decisions made by many officers who refused to see how ridiculous it was to send these airships into a suicide mission.
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  • GregGA
    4.0 out of 5 stars Well researched, interesting account of the downing of L48 ...
    Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2014
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    Well researched, interesting account of the downing of L48. If you are interested in the first terror weapons, it is a must read.
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  • J. J. Bradshaw
    5.0 out of 5 stars Concise but well written thoroughly engaging book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 14, 2014
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    This really was an unexpected delight and is a well written book about a fascinating subject. The book is very balanced and the writer displays a real sense of empathy for both the German airship crews and those who had to shoot them down. A short book, it is one of those books that leaves you wanting much more as it really did engage with me and draw me into the subject. Although the book focuses on the L48, a so called height climber Zeppelin, it includes a concise yet full summary of the German airship campaign against England and a basic history of the Zeppelin. The book is human centred and it is quite uplifting that at the end the three survivors were treated humanely and the graves of the dead were treated with respect. Very highly recommended.
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  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars The Theberton Zeppelin
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2014
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    A very interesting and thorough account of the exploits of one German zeppelin over the skies of England during the First World War.. The book has been particularly interesting to me as I was brought up during the inter-war year in a Suffolk village only a few miles from Theberton. I remember being taken to Theberton churchyard when I was a little boy to see the graves of the German airmen who had died when the zeppelin crashed. I believe that the remains of those airmen have now been "repatriated" ti a military cemetery in Germany
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  • Glyn
    5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 18, 2014
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    Couldnt put it down, it was well written and when I thought I was well read up on 'recent' history opened up info I was totally oblivious to. Went into detail about crews and the run up to the war in relation to the development of the airships.
    The sort of book you would want never to end...good read all around.
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  • Mr D A Holt
    4.0 out of 5 stars Worth a read...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 27, 2014
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    This book popped up as a recommendation when I was looking at other WW1 books. As I work in Suffolk and am interested in military history, I thought it would be interesting and so it was. It is easy to read, although rather short, and tells the story well. I shall have to make a visit to the crash site, local church and Leiston Long Shop to see the remains.
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  • David Bassington
    5.0 out of 5 stars It’s not fiction
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2023
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    Really enjoyed this book, I’ve always been fascinated and horrified by the thought of these huge aircraft flying over Britain well over a 100 years ago and dropping high explosives on terrified civilians, a great read…
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