| 13th August 1942
Today, 13th August 2007, marks the 65th anniversary of my father being posted as missing from operations. Over the years I have researched the events leading to his loss and managed to trace three of the survivors (now deceased) of the crash and have put together, with their help, the following account of the events of that day.
Thought some of the members would like to read it. BBC - WW2 People's War - Thursday 13th August 1942: 120 Squadron RAF Coastal Command
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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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