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![]() ![]() Air Chief Marshal Sir Kenneth Cross KCB, CBE, DSO, DFC (deceased) Died : 2003 *Signature Value : £50 Editions signed : Signed limited edition of 350 prints. **Signed limited edition of 350 prints. (Three prints reduced to clear) | Cross, Kenneth (Air Chief Marshal Sir Kenneth Cross KCB, CBE, DSO, DFC (deceased)) Born October 4th 1911, Kenneth Cross was commissioned in to the RAF in 1930, joining 25 Sqn in 1931. Kenneth Cross survived the sinking of the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious in June 1940, when his No.46 Sqn Hurricane was onboard. Sqn Ldr Kenneth Cross was one of only two pilots to survive the sinking of HMS Glorious. Squadron Leader Cross and Flight Lieutenant Jameson from 46 squadron managed to get aboard a Carley float with 61 seamen, but 25 of the latter died of exposure and exhaustion before the 38 survivors, the two RAF men amongst them, were finally picked up by a passing fishing vessel. He spent much of the war commading Hurricanes in Africa, involved in the Crusader offensive in 1941, returning home in early 1944, and working at the Air Ministry until 1945. He died on the 18th of June 2003. |
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