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From: Frederick Feather <>
Subject: Zeppelins
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 08:44:28 +0100
References: <016901c21729$f735ee80$85f10250@ColleenMorrison>
In-Reply-To: <016901c21729$f735ee80$85f10250@ColleenMorrison>


Dear Colleen,

Thank you for the hagiography (look it up). I will attach it to my C.V.
It may mean that Martyn will consider me a serious historian, rather
than a populist.

Constable 354 "Saw" Smith of Peldon (named after his funny handwriting)
was promoted sergeant the following day, after taking the surrender of
the crew. He was renamed "Zepp" for the rest of his service and died,
very old, at Great Dunmow. I have never heard that the crew were other
than disciplined and no-one was hurt by them.

You need to visit the museum to see the artefacts from both crashes and
the photos and Martyn's leaflet. In your peregrinations you might also
visit the Cater Museum in Billericay High street, they have some things
from the L32 crash from the same time. Did you like the (free) Jam
Museum at Tiptree?

Fred.


In message <016901c21729$f735ee80$>, Colleen
<> writes
>Many thanks to Fred Feather, ace Chairman of ESFH, for the fascinating
>information he has provided about the Zeppelins and Zeppelina Clark - is
>there nothing Fred doesn't know? Many thanks too to Martyn Lockwood,
>Richard Goring and all of the other knowledgeable listers who have been kind
>enough to provide further information. Fred, has rightly pointed out that
>there are some inaccuracies in my account, as have Martyn & Richard, who are
>kindly sending me details regarding this. I was certainly wrong about Trim,
>he was chief sergeant of Special Constables at Mersea, not chief constable
>as I stated, I got the number of the crew wrong too.
>
>The more I learn about that eventful night in 1916, the more fascinating it
>becomes, not least because of the conflicting details in contemporary
>accounts. One account states, for example, that the German crew were
>considerate of local people, knocking on their doors and warning them to
>beware because the Zeppelin might explode, another account states that the
>crew wandered about shooting pistols. I suppose both could be true - ie
>perhaps the crew were helpful to local farm workers but began shooting when
>the police arrived?
>
>Colleen
>
>
>Fred Feather wrote:
>
>> To the best of my knowledge Zeppelina is still alive and living in
>> School Lane, Wickham Bishops. She should be 84. Dr Salter also called a
>> baby Eclipse. We never had a senior officer called Trim.
>
>______________________________

--
Frederick Feather

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