Now available for the first time in the English language, this is a translation of the original 1926 German anthology compiled by Dr. Fritz Strahlmann.
First hand accounts are given of the construction of Germany's premier airship base, of the missions and incidents that beset the various airships and their crews, together with the official eye witness statements regarding the catastrophic explosion at Ahlhorn on 5 January 1918.
Hans von Schiller provides a list of airships that operated from this station.
Other base personnel add their personal experiences, and the book concludes with a brief history of the nearby Army airship station at Wildeshausen.