| HMS SKIPJACK (June 1, 1940)
Royal Navy minesweeper (Lt. Cdr. F. Proudfoot) assisting in the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk, was subjected to intensive bombing by a force of German bombers off La Panna. On board the Skipjack were between 250 and 300 soldiers just rescued from the beach, (the exact number is not known). The ship received a direct hit which sank her immediately. Most of the unfortunate troops and crew were drowned.
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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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