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By WW1 standards this must have seemed like the end of the world when it went off.
I don't know when they changed but it seems to be later than I thought.
Interesting thread! How would the Caproni Ca.5 compare to these?
but an FF29 piloted by Leutnant Karl Caspar attacked Dover around 10.45am on Christmas Eve 1914 - no info on the base though.
No joy on the Paris raider yet
Source: Neil Hanson, First Blitz ( Doubleday, 2008 ) - I would recommend this book to anyone reading this thread, it covers both the early ops by aircraft and Zeppelins, and the later sustained raids by the Gothas.