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He also bombed Hamburg, watching the firestorm develop, and recalled saying prayers for the people below
Ulric Cross, who has died aged 96, is thought to have been the most decorated Caribbean airman of the Second World War; he went on to enjoy a distinguished career in Trinidad as a judge and diplomat. Cross was working for Trinidad Railways when the war broke out, and was anxious to play his part.…
Using the new blind bombing aid ‘Oboe’, he flew missions during the Battle of the Ruhr and to V-1 launch sites
Submitting... Ernie Holmes picture: supplied Shortly after the fatal crash, a farmer’s daughter, Netje van der Heijden, found the brave pilot hiding. She took him to her parents home where her father, Fons, had a number of escapees in hiding. At immense risk to themselves, the family kept Mr Holmes sheltered until plans were confirmed to smuggle him to Spain. But when he was reunited with his navigator on a carefully planned escape route, the pair were betrayed in Antwerp and subsequently taken to the prisoner of war camp StalagLuft III. Mr Holmes spent the remainder of the war there before...