| Liberator GR.V Serial BZ765
ex 42-40587; Delivered Dorval 22 May 1943; Dorval - Goose Bay 26 May 1943; Goose Bay - Reykjavik - Prestwick 27 May 1943; Scottish Aviation Ltd Prestwick 27 May 1943 for coastal mods. Total Time (airframe hours) 52hrs 23mins; Scottish Aviation - 59 Squadron 4 July 1943. Missing from convoy escort patrol approx 150 miles (240 km) West of Eire.
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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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