propeller fragment
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19650080-001
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made 1916 or later
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - GermanyContinent - Europe, Country - United Kingdom, England
- Category Unclassifiable artifactsDistribution and transportation artifacts
- Sub-category Artifact remnantAerospace transportation accessory
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1916/01/01
- Latest 1965/12/31
- Inscription (reverse/verso): Piece of Zeppelin L31 flown by Kapitan Hermeich Mathy, brought down by Maj W. Tempest D.S.O. M.C. at Potters Bar Oct 1-2, 1916. Mounted on a part of his propeller which was broken on landing. Frank Clifford; (obverse/avers): 12 Grosste last 100 kg
- Materials Wood, Metal, Paper
- Service Component Royal Flying CorpsGerman Air Force
- Person / Institution Subject, Tempest , D.S.O., M.C., A.F.C., Wing Commander Wulstan Joseph
- Measurements Height 10.0 cm, Length 56.5 cm, Width 16.7 cm
- Caption Zeppelin Memento
- Additional Information 2nd Lieutenant Wulstan Tempest achieved instant fame by shooting down a German Zeppelin near London in October 1916. He later created this trophy by mounting his photograph to fragments of his plane's propeller and pieces of the German airship. By 1916, British aircraft mounted standing patrols at high altitudes along likely Zeppelin attack routes, and carried tracer and incendiary bullets in addition to regular rounds. Tempest engaged his target at over 14,000 feet (4,267 metres) after it had been illuminated by ground searchlights. Thousands watched from the ground the destruction of one of Germany's largest and newest airships, L31, flown by Heinrich Mathy, Germany's most experienced Zeppelin commander. It crashed into a farmer's field, where Tempest visited the wreckage the following day.