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 Piece of a girder from a Zeppelin in Great Wigborough Church. Zeppelin L33 crashed in Little Wigborough 24 September 1916.

From Essex Countryside letters February 1964, page 194. The accompanying letter from K. Fleming of Billericay has the story of the Zeppelin coming down.


The piece of Zeppelin was later thrown out by a pacifist rector. Some parts of it were rescued by a Church ...
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Piece of a girder from a Zeppelin in Great Wigborough Church. Zeppelin L33 crashed in Little Wigborough 24 September 1916.
From Essex Countryside letters February 1964, page 194. The accompanying letter from K. Fleming of Billericay has the story of the Zeppelin coming down.

The piece of Zeppelin was later thrown out by a pacifist rector. Some parts of it were rescued by a Church Warden and used for the surround to pictures of the Zeppelin, but the whereabouts of most it are not known. See GWG_CHC_073


Photo: Mersea Museum
Image ID EC64_02_194_001
Category 1 Places-->Wigborough
Category 2 War-->World War 1


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