caption serviceyears branch commands death_date death_place birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
peter strasser during wwi 1891-1918 german empire '' marine-luftschiff-abteilung '' 5 august 1918 near wells-next-the-sea , norfolk , uk hanover , kingdom of prussia german empire führer der luftschiffe -lrb- f.d.l. -rrb- pour le mérite iron cross first class world war i 1 april 1876 fregattenkapitän peterstrasserwwi.png peter strasser
 peter strasser
peter strasser

peter strasser -lrb- 1 april 1876 -- 5 august 1918 -rrb- was chief commander of german imperial navy zeppelins during world war i , the main force operating bombing campaigns from 1915 to 1917 .
he was killed when flying the war 's last airship raid over great britain .
