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Aberdeen s John Cruickshank is a real-life comic book action hero

© Supplied John Cruickshank is the Boy s Own hero whose wartime exploits were the stuff of comic legend. He was the Aberdeen man who sank a German U-boat, defied being injured more than 70 times, and flew himself and his comrades back to Sullom Voe during the Second World War. It sounds like a Boy’s Own storyline, yet while there was nothing comical about the ordeal faced by John Alexander Cruickshank during a mission over Norway in 1944, they were highlighted in a Commando-style cartoon strip in the 1980s. The former Aberdeen Grammar school pupil, who celebrates his 101st birthday today, was involved in one of the most audacious acts of the conflict when he flew his Catalina aircraft through a torrential hail of flak.

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Aberdeen s VC recipient John Cruickshank is a real-life comic book action hero

Updated: May 20, 2021, 12:10 pm © Supplied John Cruickshank is the Boy s Own hero whose wartime exploits were the stuff of comic legend. Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up He was the Aberdeen man who sank a German U-boat, defied being injured more than 70 times, and flew himself and his comrades back to Sullom Voe during the Second World War. It sounds like a Boy’s Own storyline, yet while there was nothing comical about the ordeal faced by John Alexander Cruickshank during a mission over Norway in 1944, they were highlighted in a Commando-style cartoon strip in the 1980s.

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