JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post
This warning to the public appeared four months after Germany began to bomb the U.K. from the air using lighter-than-air airships. There's also a section for identifying heavier aircraft, but bombing by that means didn't start evidently until 1916.
[Source: Technical World Magazine, May 1915, page 336.]
"Zeppelins (airships) performed about 51 strategic bombing raids during World War I. These raids caused numerous civilian casualties, killing 557 and injuring another 1,358 people. More than 5,000 bombs were dropped on towns across Britain, causing £1.5 million in damage. 84 airships took part, of these 30 were lost, either shot down by enemy action or lost in accident. The raids, though disconcerting to civilian morale, were militarily ineffective."--Wiki
Bombing from Zeppelins was very problematic--in the beginning of the bombing raids, mostly throughout 1915, the Zeppelins were able to fly beyond the reach of anti-aircraft weapons, and at certain altitudes just beyond this reach they could carry a relatively heavy load of bombs. The drawback was that bombing from this height was extremely haphazard, with little accuracy, which meant that most of the targets wound up being civilian areas, creating the term "baby killers" for the Zeppelins. In the next year when British defenses against the machines improved, the Zeppelins flew higher, which necessitated oxygen and a lighter payload, and more inaccuracy. Towards the middle/end of the war German command went more with bombing Britain from aircraft (like the Gotha) more so than Zeppelins. The end result was not very militarily effective, causing 2,000 mostly-civilian casualties. I'm not so sure about the use of the word "strategic" in the Wiki description.
Let's remember the city of Hull, which received eight attacks during the Great War, only a prelude to the massive attacks it would receive during WWII.
Hull Blitz Map, WWII, here
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