Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-25
GERMAN AVIATION
| SHOWS BIC LOSS
official Records of Great War
Made Public for First
Time.
PROPS 1,072,957 BOMBS
|seventy-Nine of Zeppelin Type
Destroyed by Enemy or
Other Causes.
PROPS 1,o72,957 BOMBS
ny KAI,I. II. yoy .y,,,c,>n

BERLIN. July 2i.-2ierlnauy bad
90 IeppeIinS and Schuette-Lanz air
ruiscrs In service during the war
vheii the war began she had eleven
hciudihB three commercial passcn-
IcppcIins which were
Immediately taken over. The navy
ad seventy three In service. tn"
|.rtiny hf,y. Germany lost seventy
|iHe airsh!ps during the war. OF
|Nh,ch A',y- three were in the nav
lery!cc and ,weniysix with the army
through enemy fire" the navy lost
"cnty three anu thirty We're lost by
auscs with which the cmeny bad
io,hing to do. thirteen being wrecked
|Iy storm twelve burned In their
|ihcds. four destroyed by lightning
| ,.l one has never ncen heard from
|nc army lost seventeen through en-
my IRE and nine from other causes
nciudin6 also one Inystc.!ousIy
missing"
Kept Close secret.
These figures. until tho arinistlcc
me Of the closest Kept secrets in the
|'rchi?cs OF the German general stan.
re now revealed for the nrst tim"
~ Major George l.. Ncumaun. OF the
|iorinan air organization In his com
orccs ia the Word war" in the
PREPARATION OF which twcnty-nlnc
'ther officers or these forces cola
|lorated. with official sta;!stics and
The navy Xcppclins and Schucttc-
.anz ar cruisers made a to,a! OF Az
|,lGhis. OF which d!1 were rcconnais-
ahccS in the North Sea and forty on.
|tiiacks on London and other points
u England The recOnna!ssanccs
asted from sixteen 10 twen;y-fOur
(lours In the ale. The longest time In
he air MAS nincty-s!x hours That
vas the trip OF the Log to Central
Loses aSo Men
Casualties through the loss OF navy
|tlrships were 3Sj officers ana men
dead No wounded" are given, cSi-
|ient!y there were no survivors. This
Includes the crew OF the L-l3. which
ne british refused 10 rescue after IL
lad been shot down and fallen In the
North Sea The army airsh!p casual
les were but nfty-two officers and
when the war broke on, Germany
nob!lizcd els a.rplanes. Up to Jan
iary !. 1919. 4I.G3T airplnncs Of all
ypeS had been delivered 10 the army.
.l2S planes were Lost Ia air BATTLES
'nd another 1000 are given Us miss
nS."
Drops I.o7.,o51 nornbs.
BONUS thrown are given at ,0t2.
IA No less than y,425 air battles"
are recorded, Including Ga enemy OBJ
Derivation balloons brought down. The
)iliciai roster OF German air fghters
with more than three enemy planes
70 their record has ass names. II Is
beaded b. Major Baron Won Richt-
hofcn, who Was killed after bringing;
DOWN eighty enemy planes. Second
Us Lieutenant Ernst Cdet with sixty.
who survived the war. or seventy
two flyers who received this much
coveted Pour IL MerItc's order TWEEN
tysevcn were afterwards Killed.
Significant are the figures showing
|hUw Germany paid with lives O- her
sons in experimenting and developing
|hcr air service during the war ana
|in training camps. The casualties
In the 'hclmItt!icnSt." as the Home.
Service" IS called. We're: Killed. 1852:
injured, ..227. on the fronts. dead.
|3,2DI. wounded. i296. "missins."
|2.7i3 These figures do not include
the casualties already given IN the
loss OF a!rrnips.