As a Buccaneer navigator he marked targets in Iraq during the First Gulf War and was awarded the DFC as ‘a magnificent leader under fire’
As a Buccaneer navigator he marked targets in Iraq during the First Gulf War and was awarded the DFC as ‘a magnificent leader under fire’
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He survived a raid on Berlin when Bomber Command lost nearly 12 per cent of the force. After the war he returned to Berlin for…
In 1944 he was detached to Surrey to help man an anti-aircraft gun and one night, with an Australian pilot, he shot down a…
As captain of a Catalina flying-boat he destroyed a German U-boat and returned his aircraft to safety despite receiving 72…
John Cruickshank who hunted submarines as captain of a Catalina flying boat was one of only 181 recipients of highest military…
Cadman was a Chelsea Pensioner for 14 years and attended D-Day commemorations with the help of the Taxi Charity for Military…
After serving in the RAF he became a leading figure in the helicopter industry
