Hansa Brandenburg W.12 - Attack on the C.17 by Ivan Berryman. (P) SQN252 Vikings by David Pentland

Vikings by David Pentland

On the morning of August 26th 1915

Sowar - 18th Bengal Lancers

A C130 Hercules MK1 from RAF Lynham Transport Wing

Hansa Brandenburg W.12 - Attack on the C.17 by Ivan Berryman. (P) SQN252 Vikings by David PentlandDHM1813P. Hansa Brandenburg W. 12 Attack on the C. 17 by Ivan Berryman. On the morning of 21st April 1917, coastal airship No C. 17 was on a routine patrol captained by Sub Lieutenant E G O Jackson, when sometime around 8. 00am, she was attacked by German seaplanes and shot down. Such was their vulnerability that these huge battlebags were an easy target for marauding enemy scouts, their single Lewis guns achieving little by way of defence. The Hansa