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Two Para - Falklands: The Battalion at War
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Ghost Patrol: A History of the Long Range Desert Group, 1940 - 1945
By John Sadler
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 33425" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Cruwys </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Gerald Herbert (Gerry) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>161 Squadron (RAFVR) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Pilot Officer </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>135442 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Croix de Guerre avec palme (Fr) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1942 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 8.10.1921 1 Warburton Villas,The Lough,Co.Cork,Irish Republic</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Herbert Frederick and Edith Florence Cruwys,Cheltenham,Gloucestershire</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated St Fin Barre's School,Cork</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>family moved to Cheltenham 1934</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated St Paul's Practising School,Cheltenham</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated North Gloucestershire Technical College (until June 1937)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>draughtsman,Dowty Equipment Ltd in civilian life</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted 23.8.1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Flying Training,Prestwick (failed 5.2.1941)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>observer + navigator/air bomber</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>58 Squadron 4.11.1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>138 Squadron 28.11.1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>161 Squadron 8.3.1942-January 1943 (Pilot Officer)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>19 OTU,Honeybourne June 1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>97 Squadron 25.10.1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>635 Squadron 20.3.1944 (Flying Officer)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lancaster ND826</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>target rail installations,Ottignies,Belgium</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>crashed Dion-le-Mont,Brabant,Belgium</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Heverlee War Cemetery,Belgium Coll.grave 2.G.1-7</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Commonwealth War Graves has him as R.A.F. </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/g-cruwys.5316/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/5/5316-321a229d35447844a2adab49a03431a0.jpg?1591384272" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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