Raid 26 - 11 - 12 September 1915
The Raid
The airship, believed to be LZ77 came in over Essex and dropped 52 incendiary bombs & 8 HE bombs on the Royal Field Artillery camp near North Weald Bassett. No damage was done. There was then a change of course over West Suffolk and Norfolk.
Victims & Damage
No damage was done
Summary
The Official report believes the raid was meant to London given the high number of incendiaries it was carrying. There was fog over parts of Essex so the commander might have been misplaced.
Weather – Clear sky with a slight haze
Response – one AA gun opened fire at Southminster and one place took off from Chelmsford but wasn’t able to find the airship.
Bombs – 60
Killed – 0
Injured – 0
Raid details taken from Air Raids, 1915, Airship Raids August - September 1915, Complied by the Intelligence Section, General Headquarters, Home Forces, published June 1918. (National Archive AIR/1/2123)
Header Photo - IWM HU 128809 One print postcard of Camp No. 5 Codford St Mary