| January 28 1941.
West of Ireland the cargo ship Urla 5,198 tons. Boston to Manchester was sunk by the Italian submarine Torelli.
About 400 miles west of Northern Ireland the cargo ship Grelrosa 4,574 tons. New York to the Tyne with a cargo of wheat was sunk by Focke-Wulf aircraft with the loss of five crew.
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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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