After 24 reconnaissance missions over the North Sea, L 3 participated in the first raid on England on 19 January 1915. On 17 February 1915 it was abandoned after a forced landing in Denmark, caused by engine failure compounded by strong headwinds and insufficient fuel. The wind was so strong it blew the airship, now unmanned but with engines still running, out to sea.[1]
Specifications (LZ 24 / M2-class zeppelin)
Data from Zeppelin : rigid airships, 1893-1940,[2] The Zeppelin Airships - Part Two: Zeppelins of the Great War 1914–1918[3]
General characteristics
Crew: 16
Capacity: 9,200 kg (20,283 lb) typical disposable load
Lehmann, Ernst A. (1927). The Zeppelins. The Development of the Airship, with the Story of the Zeppelin Air Raids in the World War. trans. Mingos, Howard. Sears.
Robinson, Douglas Hill (1973). Giants in the Sky: A History of the Rigid Airship. University of Washington Press. ISBN9780295952499. - Total pages: 376