lord

.....Flight-Lieutenant Lord was pilot and captain of a Dakota aircraft detailed to drop supplies on the afternoon of 19 September 1944 at Arnhem. The airborne troops had been surrounded and were being pressed into a small area defended by a large number of anti-aircraft guns. Air-crews were warned that intense opposition would be met over the DZ. To ensure accuracy they were ordered to fly at 900 feet when dropping their containers.

.....While flying over Arnhem at 1500 feet the starboard wing of Flight-Lieutenant Lord's aircraft was twice hit by anti-aircraft fire and the engine set on fire. On learning that his crew were uninjured and that the DZ would be reached in three minutes he decided to complete his mission as the troops were in dire need of supplies. He made two runs over the DZ and dropped all his containers under heavy anti-aircraft fire. Then, knowing that his aircraft must soon disintegrate, he ordered his crew to abandon the Dakota. By remaining at the controls himself, however, he gave his crew a chance to escape before the aircraft fell in flames. But there was, in fact, only one survivir and Flight-Lieutenant Lord perished with his aircraft.