Salonique The Small Boat Of The Zeppelin LZ55 Military Airship Postcard

zx608 Antique postcard called The Small Boat Of The Zeppelin from WW1 with some surface and age darkening graded good minus to good (fair to good)

On 5 May 1916 LZ55 made another attack on Thessaloniki (Salonika) harbour. Part way through the attack it was caught in spotlights and all the ships in the area opened fire with their anti-aircraft guns. LZ55 continued its attack but HMS Agamemmon 12 pounder anti aircraft gun hit LZ 55; breaking it in half according to one of the crew. The airship crashed in the swamps at the mouth of the Varder River west of Thessaloniki and its crew were captured