During this time, Flying Officer John Cruickshank, a pilot with the squadron, was awarded the Victoria Cross for flying his aircraft home despite extensive wounds received during an attack on a German U-boat.
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Debris from the wreck was carried by the tide towards Oban Bay and four days later a Sunderland Flying Boat of 210 Squadron hit a horsebox floating in the water whilst attempting a routine landing in the dark.
The initial aircraft then went on to serve from 1934 - 1936 with 209 and 210 Squadrons RAF at RAF Felixstowe and Gibraltar respectively.