Seven minutes over Bremerhaven

26th October 1941: Searchlights catch a RAF bomber, piloted by a nineteen-year-old, over the German port

The Whitley bomber was Bomber Command's main aircraft in the war's first years, but it was gradually being replaced by the Halifax and later the Lancaster.

On the night of 26/27 October 1941, RAF Bomber Command again visited northern Germany. Nineteen-year-old Canadian Flight Sergeant Dick Lord piloted a Whitley bomber from 77 Squadron¹. As they approache…