Yes, K
ookabat, ten hours was possible but my two longest were Milan and Cannes, (Marshalling yards), both around nine and a half hours. Berlin was always between eight hours to eight and a half, Hanover six and the Ruhr, five and a half hours. I think that the horrendous "headwinds" raid on Nurenberg in 1944 would have been well over the ten hours mark but over ninety of our bombers would not have completed it. The gunners would remain in their turrets for the duration of the flight without any question. "The price of safety is eternal vigilance".
I have been enjoying the rest that has been given me by the rivetting descriptions of other fields of warfare. How fortunate we are to be able to read them. Thank you all, they are read with such interest and my admiration for the quiet courage shown is unbounded. Regle