Alsace | |
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General information | |
Role | reconnaissance/bomber |
National origin | France |
Manufacturer | Société Astra |
Service | French Navy |
History | |
Last flight | 2 October 1915 |
Fate | Destroyed after taking AA fire |
The Alsace was a French Astra-Torres airship that flew a number of reconnaissance and bombing missions before being shot down by Imperial German fire on 2 October 1915.
Service
On the night of 30 September and 1 October 1915, the Alsace bombarded the junction of Amagne-Lucquy, and the stations of Attigny and Vouziers on railways that went through Luxemburg and the Ardennes. While on a 2 October 1915 bombing mission the airship took German FLAK fire and crashed in the forests near Rethel, France. The crew, consisting of Lt Lieutenant Maurice Cohen, Capt Thierry, Lt Tabry, Chogenard and Gongland, were captured by the Germans.
Specifications
General characteristics
- Length: 89.91 m (295 ft 0 in)
- Volume: 23,000 m (810,000 cu ft) hydrogen
- Propellers: propellers
References
- Daubeney, Arthur Frederick; Eveleigh-de Moleyns Baron Ventry, Eugène M. Koleśnik (1982). Airship Saga: The History of Airships Seen Through the Eyes of the Men who Designed, Built, and Flew Them. Blandford Press. ISBN 9780713710014.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Wilson, Herbert Wrigley; Sir John Alexander Hammerton (1916). The Great War: The Standard History of the All-Europe Conflict · Volume 6. Amalgamated Press.
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Incidents marked with an asterisk (*) occurred in French Algeria, now an independent country 1785–1949 ► 1950–1999 |