 13 Jun 1944 - London is attacked for the first time by V-1 Flying Bombs launched from sites in and around Pas de Calais, France. Between 13 Jun and 5 Sep, when the sites where overrun, the RAF managed to destroy 1,771 of the bombs. The most successful type used against them was the Hawker Tempest.
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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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