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20.03.2024 - 20:29 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A 103-year-old RAF captain has received an award for his wartime service - almost 75 years late.
John Cruickshank, who served his country during the Second World War, was given the Air Efficiency Award at his home in Aberdeen earlier this week Due to an oversight which was discovered last month, Mr Cruickshank did not receive his award at the time.
Mr Cruickshank previously received the UK’s highest award for gallantry, the Victoria Cross. The pilot was presented with the VC after sinking a U-boat despite sustaining 72 separate injuries. He is the last living recipient of a VC awarded during the war.
He was the captain of a Catalina flying boat with 210 Squadron, flying submarine hunting missions from RAF Sulom Voe, Shetland. On July 17 1944 on a patrol north into the Norwegian Sea to protect the British Home Fleet as it returned from an attack on the German battleship Tirpitz, Mr Cruickshank and his crew spotted a German Type U-boat on the surface.
He dropped depth charges, sinking the U-boat, while four of his crew were injured and his navigator killed by German anti-aircraft fire. Two of his 72 injuries were life threatening but he managed to get the aircraft and his surviving crew members home and land safely.
Late last year, retired group captain Bob Kemp, of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force Foundation, noticed that the Air Efficiency Award was not on Mr Cruickshank’s medal rack, and began researching to check if he was eligible He sent his findings to the Medals Office which, after an appeal, confirmed Mr Cruickshank should have received the award over 75 years ago.
There were only two such medals left in stock, one of which he has now received.
Presenting the award, Mr Kemp, said: “It is always a pleasure to meet John in
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