12/13 Oct 1941 - 152 aircraft are des patched to attack Nuremberg, Germany. Due to navigational errors, some crews erroneously attacked villages almost 100 miles away. One aircraft making its first sortie was MacRobert's Reply - a No. 15 Sqn Stirling. The aircraft was donated to the RAF by Lady MacRobert in memory of her three sons all killed on flying duties. MacRobert's Reply - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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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