| HMS EGRET (August 27, 1943)
Attacked by a number of Dornier aircraft while on anti-submarine patrol in the Bay of Biscay, the sloop Egret exploded and sunk after being hit by a 293a guided bomb released from one of the bombers. This was believed to be the first warship sunk by a guided missile. The death toll on the Egret was 194 men killed.
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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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