one aircraft was flown non-stop 3,459 mi (5,567 km) from London to Bermuda. Later the two tanker aircraft were joined by another converted Lancaster and were used in the Berlin Airlift, achieving 757 tanker sorties.
airfields in southernBritain, and by the end of August night raids were being carried out throughout the kingdom. On August 25 the Germans accidentally bombed London, and the British at onceretaliatedwith a token attack on Berlin. Hitler and Luftwaffe chiefHermann Göringthen decided to break...