Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark V, N1377 'DY-P', of No. 102 Squadron RAF based at Driffield, Yorkshire, on the ground at Bircham Newton, Norfolk, with badly damaged wings sustained in a severe electrical storm during a Nickelling/reconnaissance mission over Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Despite the loss of much of the upper wing fabric, and a jammed flap, the aircraft was flown 342 miles safely back to the United Kingdom by its crew.

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