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Old 17th Nov 2021, 11:02
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Davef68
 
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Originally Posted by SLXOwft
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 force landing behind German lines, effected repairs and returned to his base.
Those would be my choices too,.
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