Hansa Brandenburg W.12 - Attack on the C.17 by Ivan Berryman. (B) SIG1419 a service ceiling of 51

a service ceiling of 51

operated by 656 and 664 Squadrons of 9 Regiment AAC

to the Straits of Florida

Hugely outnumbered

making sure that nothing goes wrong on the next trip

Hansa Brandenburg W.12 - Attack on the C.17 by Ivan Berryman. (B) SIG1419 a service ceiling of 51DHM1813B. 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