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19th January 1915: Zeppelins bomb Great Yarmouth and Kings Lynn

19th January 2019
Tagged as: Aircraft, Bomb, Britain, Civilians, England, First World War, Germany, Zeppelin

On the 19^th January 1915, two German Zeppelin airships known as L3 and L4 dropped bombs on the Norfolk towns of Great Yarmouth and Kings Lynn in Britain’s first experience of an air raid.

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19th January 1915: Zeppelins bomb Great Yarmouth and Kings Lynn

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