| 1 Sep 1941 - Nos. 81 and 134 Sqns arrive in Murmansk, Russia. Subsequently formed in to No. 151 Wing, they fly their Hurricanes in defence of the Soviet Naval base from 11 Sep to 18 Oct 1941.
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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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