| 3/4 September 1939. (First Bomber Command losses WW2)
58 Squadron.
Whitley III K8969.
Op. Nickel.
9 Squadron.
Wellington I L4268.
Op. Brunsbuttel.
9 Squadron
Wellington I L4275
Op. Brunsbuttel.
107 Squadron.
Blenheim IV N6184.
Op. Wilhelmshaven.
107 Squadron.
Blenheim IV N6188.
Op. Wilhelmshaven.
107 Squadron.
Blenheim IV N6189.
Op. Wilhelmshaven.
107 Squadron.
Blenheim IV N6240.
Op. Wilhelmshaven.
4 September 1939.
110 Squadron.
Blenheim IV N6199
Op. Wilhelmshaven.
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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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