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Buildings bombed by Zeppelins

Credit: C.Metcalf Zepplin raid on Lowestoft hole made by bomb in Denmark Road
Credit: C.Metcalf Zepplin raid on Lowestoft hole made by bomb in Denmark Road
 Timber yard
Timber yard
 Zeppelin
Zeppelin
 In peace time 1931 CREDIT: Ian Goffin
In peace time 1931 CREDIT: Ian Goffin

The 620 ft (189 metres) Zeppelin L5, captained by Alois Boecker, was heard near Dunwich on the night of 15 to 16 April.

It dropped its bombs on Suffolk including at Henham Hall and the railway station at Southwold, before attacking Lowestoft at 01:15 BST.

Houses in Denmark Road were hit, and what we know, perhaps, as the Menzies building by the signal box in Denmark Road, was also damaged. This building was stables for GER. 

NR32 2EL
124 Denmark Road
Lowestoft
United Kingdom

52.475017770677, 1.74466655

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