| HMS CALCUTTA (May 29, 1941)
British anti-aircraft cruiser of 4,200 tons, launched July 1918, was taking part in the British and Greek withdrawal from the island of Crete, when bombed and sunk by two bombs from JU-88 enemy aircraft. Carrying a complement of 400, two officers and 114 ratings were lost.
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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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