#IWM Q 69479

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125: France 1915, and four RNAS ‘Zepp Strafers’ pose for the camera. From left: Flight Lieutenant J.S. Mills, A.W. Bigsworth DSO, J.P. Wilson and R. Warneford VC. Mills and Wilson destroyed LZ 38, the first Zeppelin to attack London, in her shed at St. Evere on 7 June 1915, while Warneford was having a “thrilling duel at close quarters” with LZ 37. Bigsworth caught LZ 39 over Ostend on 17 May and severely damaged her (IWM Q 69479)

Photo and caption featured in Royal Naval Air Service, 1912-18 by Bradley King