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13K views · 487 reactions | It's the 100th birthday of Britain’s last surviving recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War Two. ️❤️ Flight Lieutenant John Cruickshank, of Aberdeen, was wounded 72 times during an attack on a German U-boat, but still managed to sink it. Read more ➡️ bbc.in/3bQ1buI | BBC Scotland News | Facebook

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