| Last German flight over the UK.
The Arado Ar234 was the first purpose-built jet bomber, its type also made the last recorded German wartime flight over the UK on 10 April 1945 its reconnaissance mission took it from Scapa Flow in the Orkneys to the Firth of Tay, Scotland. Arado Ar 234 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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
Last edited by Peter Clare; 20-04-2008 at 12:30 PM.
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