Item 02: Sydney B. Young war diary, 24 July-14 October 1916 - Page 80

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[Page 80]

It was invisible however being above the clouds. Suddenly the clouds parted and a searchlight fixed her beam on the Zep. She zigzagged about to try and get out of sight but the anti-aircraft guns broke out and shells were bursting all round her. She looked like a big sausage. She began to tilt then righted herself but the silver tint began to assume a ruddy hue and she slowly began to descend. Suddenly she burst into flame, looking like a piece of waste soaked in paraffin on fire, then collapsed and fell to the ground. The petrol tanks caught fire and she lay

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