Chris Cartledge, Fleet Air Arm pilot who bombed Tirpitz, flew 'the Bent-Wing Bastard' and twice crashed at sea – obituary
Chris Cartledge, who has died aged 100, was a Fleet Air Arm pilot who flew the F4U Corsair – the “Bent-Wing Bastard” – on operations against the Germans and the Japanese in the Second World War; he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross aged 20 and qualified twice as a member of the Goldfish Club, whose members had ditched at sea.
Source: yahoo.com