Zeppelin LZ 38

On the night of May 31, 1915, LZ 38, commanded by Erich Linnarz, made the first Zeppelin raid on London, dropping its first bomb on Stoke Newington. Seven people were killed and 35 injured. It earns its place because it changed what an airship meant. The graceful machine that drew crowds before the war had become a weapon able to reach a capital at night, and the bombing campaign that followed shaped how Britain saw airships for years. LZ 38 itself did not last: on June 7, 1915, two British naval airmen bombed its shed at Evere, near Brussels, and destroyed the ship inside.