Psalm 21 Verse 11

On 23 September 1949 a Dakota of 30 Squadron landed in Berlin. On the nose was painted: “Positively the last load from Lübeck – 73,705 tons. Psalm 21, Verse 11. Although not on the aircraft, the Biblical reference reads: ‘For they intended evil against thee. They imagined a mischievous device which they were not able to perform’. Alongside many larger and more capable aircraft, the RAF’s Dakotas had continued to fly throughout the operation.