L 48 and its U-class sister Airships were designed to fly as high as 20,000 feet (6,100 m).

[1] Commanded by George Eichler, on his thirteenth raid, it became lost and was intercepted and destroyed by Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12, serial No.

[3] Watkins shot down L 48 over water near Great Yarmouth on 17 June 1917 but it crashed near Theberton, Suffolk, a village near the town of Leiston.

Three survivors; crew buried at St Peter's Church, Theberton, later to be exhumed and reburied at Cannock Chase.

More than 5,000 bombs were dropped (largely on towns and cities) across Britain, causing £1.5 million (equivalent to £128,500,000 in 2023) in damage.