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| Photograph not published before. After the Zeppelin: Snails Hall Farm, Billericay |
On 24 September 1916 a German Zeppelin brought down in flames landed in a field of Snails Hall Farm, South Green, Billericay. John Maryon told how thousands visited the site (see elsewhere on this blog). This photograph has recently come to light and was kindly shown to me by a family member and scanned for publication. It shows where the Zeppelin landed, the charred field boundary and the barn, in the background, where the German crew - all dead - were placed. John Maryon, tenant farmer, is photographed with his wife.
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