Britain's last surviving World War Two Victoria Cross recipient, John Cruickshank, has died aged 105. The flight lieutenant, from Aberdeen, earned the honour for an attack on a German U-Boat while ...

He made a daring raid on a U-boat, suffered 72 wounds and helped land his damaged seaplane. By Trip Gabriel Flight Lt. John Cruickshank was at the controls of a Royal Air Force plane on submarine ...

John Cruickshank, seen in 2004, received the VC for bravery during an attack on a submarine that left him badly hurt - Fiona Hanson/PA Britain’s last surviving Second World War Victoria Cross ...