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The aircraft lost on the 'Nicklel' op was was Whitley III K8969 GE-G. It took off from Leconfield at 2219 hrs on 3 September for a Nickel raid on the Ruhr. The aircraft forced landed at 0545 hrs on 4 September in a cabbage field at Dormans (Marne) on the east bank of the River Marne. The crew escaped injury despite some of the crop entering the aircraft.
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On weald of Kent I watched once more
Again I heard that grumbling roar
Of fighter planes; yet none were near
And all around the sky was clear
Borne on the wind a whisper came
'Though men grow old, they stay the same'
And then I knew, unseen to eye
The ageless Few were sweeping by
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