"Lieutenant Warneford's Great Exploit- the first Zeppelin to be brought down by Allied aircraft, 7th June 1915. the Vc was conferred at once on Lieutenant Warneford." image: An aerial view of a British aircraft attacking a Zeppelin. The plane swoops down from above, and the Zeppelin plummets towards the ground in flames, trailing a thick cloud of smoke. Patches of fields and areas of woodland can be seen below.