Tuesday, 16 March 2021

FLEET AIR ARM - WINGS OVER THE CHANNEL

 

Valiantly he fought

In an outdated kite

Against Battleships

And modern planes alike

A young man,

In the prime of life

Fighting Superior forces

He led his squadron

From the front

Attacking the Scharnhorst,

The Gneisenau

And Prinz Eugen

But were all shot

From the skies

 

Lieutenant Commander Eugene Kingsmill Esmonde VC DSO (1 March 1909 – 12 February 1942)

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