Originally Posted by
Davef68
I suspect they already have the allocated names for 8 and 9, and are just trying to stir up some social media interest
I trust they are going to use our suggestions:
Flight Lieutenant John Alexander Cruickshank VC. Royal Air Force Volurnteer Reserve of No 210 Squadron RAF - Catalina pilot who sunk U-361 when North of the Arctic Circle before flying five and a half hours back to Sullom Voe, though severely injured, saving his damaged aircraft and injured surviving crew members. Only non-posthumous WW2 Coastal Command VC - and the only living WW2 VC recipient at 101.
Flight Sub-Lieutenant Reginald 'Rex' Alexander John Warneford VC, Royal Naval Air Service of No 1 Sqn RNAS (now No 201 Sqn RAF) who having destroyed airship LZ-37 by bombing, made a forced landing behind German lines, effected repairs and returned to his base.