joined by Flight Sub Lieutenant Edward L. Pulling from RNAS Bacton. Cadbury later reported: I saw the Zeppelin approaching the coast and immediately chased after it. It was flying about 5,000 feet when I first saw it and it immediately climbed to 8,000 feet. I went after it. I approached from the stern about 3,000 feet below and fired four drums of explosive ammunition in to its stern, which immediately started to light. At the same time one of the other pilots was flying over the Zeppelin and to his horror he saw a man in the machine-gun pit run to the other side and leap overboard. Having seen the Zeppelin circle down to the sea in a blazing mass – a most horrible sight – I went back to Yarmouth. I could not say I felt very elated or pleased at this; somehow I was overawed at the spectacle of this Zeppelin and all the people aboard going down into the sea. Commanders Operational bases Confusion with SL 11 For unknown reasons, when the SL 11 became the first German airship to be shot down over England, it was described officially and in the press as the Zeppelin L 21 (the LZ 61s tactical number). This misidentification persisted for decades, even though it is clear that the authorities were always aware of its correct identity. One suggestion for this confusion was a calculation by the authorities that the downing of a hated and feared Zeppelin 'baby killer', would be received better with the public than the destruction of an almost unknown Schütte-Lanz type. Accordingly, the 1918 film The Last Raid of Zeppelin L-21 told the story of the SL 11s destruction and not that of the LZ 61. References External links Zeppelin Airship L21 over Lancashire Signet Ring Made From W.W.I. Zeppelin "L.21" Airships of the Imperial German Navy 1910s German bomber aircraft Hydrogen airships Zeppelins 1916 in Germany Aircraft first flown in 1916