As captain of a Catalina flying-boat he destroyed a German U-boat and returned his aircraft to safety despite receiving 72 individual wounds
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Flt Lt John Cruickshank VC, last surviving recipient of the Victoria Cross during the Second World War
As captain of a Catalina flying-boat he destroyed a German U-boat and returned his aircraft to safety despite receiving 72 individual wounds
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