File:WW1 German Zeppelin L-20 (crashed in Norway 1916) red pennant emergency signal flag Notsignalflagge nødsignalvimpel Orograf fire control device Forsvarsmuseet Armed Forces Museum Oslo IMG 9845.jpg

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English: A red emergency signal pennant (German: Notsignalflagge) from the German Navy Airship L-20 (Marine Luftschiff Zeppelin L 20/Zeppelin LZ 59), which crashed in Hafrsfjord, Norway following a bombing raid on England's east side during World War I on May 3, 1916.

Following an unsuccessful raid on targets in England, Marine Luftschiff Zeppelin L 20, running low on fuel, made a forced landing off the coast of Norway near Stavanger in May 1916. Constructed as LZ 59 at Friedrichshafen, and first flown on 21 Dec 1915, L 20 was based at Tønder until 21 Feb 1916 then moved to Luftschiffhafen Seddin Seddin until 6 April, at which time it was re-deployed to Tønder. During its four months in service, the 35,800m³ L 20 made nineteen flights covering a total of 7,211 km; including six reconnaissance missions and two successful bombing raids over England. The airship crew was rescued by a Norwegian torpedo boat. The 160-meter-long, 23-meter-wide vessel, with a crew of 16, was set ablaze by Norwegian soldiers the day after.

The pennant is now exhibited at Armed Forces Museum in Oslo, Norway, alongside an orograph, an old coastal artillery distance measuring instrument.
Norsk bokmål: Notsignalflagge, rød nødsignalvimpel fra den tyske marinens zeppeliner L-20 som havarerte i Hafrsfjord etter et bombetokt på østsiden av England under første verdenskrig 3. mai 1916. Luftskipet søkte nødhavn ved Hafrsfjord, og besetningen ble tatt om bord i en norsk torpedobåt. Det havarerte fartøyet hadde 16 manns besetning, var 160 m langt med en diameter på 23 meter. Dagen etter, 4. mai 1916, ble den skutt i brann av soldater fra Madla. Utstilt gjenstand i Forsvarsmuseet på Akershus festningsområde i Oslo. I utstillingsmonteret er også en orograf en avstandsmåler som tidligere ble brukt av kystartilleriet.
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