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FIVE ARE KILLED IN LATEST RAID ON ENGLISH COAST
LONDON, March 11—In last night's air raid one airship crossed the Channel and dropped four bombs in Harpspool. Six dwelling houses were demolished there and thirty were damaged. Five persons were killed and nine injured.
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Origins of the Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918 by merging the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). The merger was initially recommended by a report issued on 17 August 1917 by the South African statesman and general Jan Smuts, with significant contributions from Lieutenant General David Henderson.
Wikipedia →1918 Zeppelin raids — final raid and loss of L.70
There were only four raids in 1918, all against targets in the Midlands and northern England. The final raid on 5 August 1918 involved four airships and resulted in the loss of L.70 and the death of its entire crew.
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End of the war — Treaty of Versailles bans German airships
The German defeat also marked the end of German military dirigibles, as the victorious Allies demanded a complete abolition of German air forces and surrender of the remaining airships as reparations. Specifically, the Treaty of Versailles contained the following articles dealing explicitly with dirigibles: Article 198 — 'The armed forces of Germany must not include any military or naval air forces ... No dirigible shall be kept.'
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