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Reginald Warneford – first destroyer of a Zeppelin | Stuff About London
In Brompton Cemetery stands a wonderful monument to Reginald Warneford, the first man to destroy a Zeppelin in combat, over Belgium on 7 June 1915. He didn’t shoot it down, but dropped bombs on it – the resulting explosion almost killing him in the process. Warneford’s own account provides lots of colour: “I left Furnes at 1:00 am on 7th