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240:, set a dog-leg course up the Nile. That afternoon, an engine malfunctioned when a reduction gear housing cracked; the loss of this engine eliminated the prospect of radio transmission, although wireless messages could be received. The next morning it nearly crashed when heat turbulence from the dunes below and subsequent cooling reduced the buoyancy of its gas. The crew also suffered from headaches, hallucinations and general fatigue in the mid-day heat and freezing cold at night.
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Sprenger, reported that he watched her fly past at about 210 m (700 ft), so "close in fact that the details of the gondola could be seen clearly." A few minutes later, Sprenger noted two bursts in the air, and shortly afterwards "a gigantic flame enveloped the airship and it nosed
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when she received an "abort" message. L 59's volunteer crew implored the commander to continue, but he ordered the ship to turn back and returned to
Bulgaria after averting another potential disaster due to loss of buoyancy over Asia Minor. It returned to base the morning of 25 November 1917,
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514:(LZ 102), her sister ship and the primary airship for the mission, was destroyed during a trial flight on Oct 7, 1917. L 59 subsequently received the same 30 m (100 ft) expansion in length (for a total of 228) and in gas capacity (to 68,500 cubic meters) as the L 57 had
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British-held coast and cloud cover even prevented RFC patrols from finding her
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African mission, no plans for any further missions had been made. Another African flight was out of the question, so the ship was then offered for flights to supply the Ottoman army of
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having traveled over 4,200 miles (6,800 km) in 95 hours, or nearly four days in the air. When it entered its shed at Yambol, the
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down into the water." The airship's destruction was not claimed by either the
British or the Italians; her loss was officially attributed to an accident. None of the 21 crew survived the crash.
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framework would be used for wireless towers, and so on. In addition to its own structure, L 59 carried 15 tonnes (15 long tons; 17 short tons) of supplies. The cargo included
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The Meinertzhagen Mystery: The Life and Legend of a Colossal Fraud
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Battle for the Bundu: The First World War in East Africa
683:. Vol. 20, no. 6. pp. 3–4. Archived from
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737:(3rd ed.). Henley-on-Thames: Foulis, 1971.
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722:. Henley-on-Thames: Foulis, 1973.
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756:. Potomac Books Incorporated.
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339:. Polish pilot and novelist
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114:("The Africa Ship"), was a
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733:Robinson, Douglas H.
718:Robinson, Douglas H.
674:"Fall ElfenbeinkĂĽste"
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377:, Justin Watson, and
347:. The protagonist of
337:East African Campaign
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690:on 17 February 2022.
329:The Ghosts of Africa
308:Oberleutnant zur See
236:and, flying via the
96:Imperial German Navy
876:- Total pages: 319
864:- Total pages: 290
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769:- Total pages: 353
752:(September 2007).
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195:China-Sache
170:’s troops.
116:World War I
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462:References
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215:Iron Cross
151:, Bulgaria
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130:History
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2655:E.4/20
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