The Schütte-Lanz SL 11 was a German military dirigible built in 1916 by Luftschiffbau Schütte-Lanz. It was the first German airship to be shot down while bombing England. The SL 11 was based at Spich and commanded by Hauptmann Wilhelm Schramm.

Schütte-Lanz (SL) airships were a series of rigid airships designed and built by the Luftschiffbau Schütte-Lanz company from 1909 until 1917. [1] . One research and four passenger airships were planned for post-war use, but were never built.

The Schütte-Lanz SL 11 was a German military dirigible built in 1916 by Luftschiffbau Schütte-Lanz. It was the first German airship to be shot down while bombing England. It was based at Spich. First flight : 01 August 1916. 03 September 1916 : S.L. 11 under command of Hauptmann Wilhelm Schramm raided the UK.

Photograph of a Schütte-Lanz (SL-11) airship caught in beams of searchlights. The Schütte-Lanz appears luminous against the night sky. On the night of 2nd/3rd September 1916, after a bombing raid on St Albans, SL11 was shot down by Lieutenant William …

The SL 11 was based at Spich and commanded by Hauptmann Wilhelm Schramm, in the early hours of September 3, 1916, after having bombed Saint Albans, it was attacked over Hertfordshire by Lt. William Leefe Robinson in a BE 2C, using incendiary ammunition.

The Schütte-Lanz SL 11 was a military dirigible airship built in Germany during 1916. The SL 11 was built by Luftschiffbau Schütte-Lanz and thus, was not classed as a Zeppelin. Based at Spich and commanded by Hauptmann Wilhelm Schramm, in the early hours of September 3, 1916, after having bombed...

Army airship based at Spich and Commanded by Hauptmann Wilhelm Schramm. The first German airship to be shot down over Britain. It was attacked over Hertfordshire by Lt. W.L. Robinson in a BE 2C with incendiary ammunition on the 3rd September 1916.

Flying an obsolete B.E.2c, Lieutenant Robinson encountered a Schütte-Lanz airship, the SL 11, over north London and engaged it in a David and Goliath encounter. Attacking from beneath, Robinson strafed the ship with machine-gun fire. The SL 11 burst into flames and crashed in a field behind the Plough Inn, Cuffley, killing all sixteen men on board.

2009年10月20日 · I am trying to locate exactly where the "Cuffley Zepp", actually a Schutte Lanz, the SL 11, crashed near Cuffley. The descriptions of the day give the crash site as a meadow defined by a triangle with the Plough Inn, St Andrew's Church and Castle Farm at the corners.

2021年9月2日 · It was a German Army operated dirigible, Schütte-Lanz SL 11 – one of sixteen airships sent to England that very night. Leefe Robinson approached the enemy from below, at an altitude of 11,500 ft, firing incendiary bullets.