| 24 January 1945.
Avengers and Fireflies from the carriers Indomitable, Illustrious, Indefatigable and Victorious attacked the Pladjoe oil refinery and airfield around Palembang.
U 763 was sunk by Russian aircraft at Konigsberg.
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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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