Read on for brave John's story and how he earned the country’s highest military honour BRITAIN’S last surviving World War Two Victoria Cross hero, John Cruickshank, has died aged 105. The RAF flight lieutenant won the medal for destroying a Nazi U-Boat while piloting a flying boat in June 1944. 2 Britain's last surviving World War Two Victoria Cross hero, John Cruickshank, has died aged 105 Credit: PRESS AND JOURNAL His crew spotted the sub threatening UK vessels and defied heavy gunfire to launch a bombing run. But the bombs did not release, forcing him to turn back and attack...