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telegraph.co.uk

Last surviving WW2 Victoria Cross holder dies aged 105

John Cruickshank who hunted submarines as captain of a Catalina flying boat was one of only 181 recipients of highest military decoration

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John Cruickshank who hunted submarines as captain of a Catalina flying boat was one of only 181 recipients of highest military decoration

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