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Ulric Cross was born on 1 May 1917, in Belmont, Port of Spain, Trinidad, to Reginald Rufus and Maud Iris Cross. [4] He was the second child in a family of nine. [5] At the age of 11, he came first in Trinidad's Government Exhibition Scholarship Examination, thus qualifying for five years of free secondary education, [5] and went on to attend St Mary's College. [6]
Oct 29, 2020 · Daring and dashing, Cross joined the Royal Air Force's elite Pathfinder Force as a navigator and played his part in preventing Nazi airmen from shooting down about 200 RAF bombers. His bravery and dedication to defeating Hitler helped pave the way for greater recognition of the contribution of black men and women from the West Indies during WW2.
Oct 4, 2013 · Cross left the RAF as a Squadron Leader in 1947 and practised law in Ghana and Tanzania. He later became a High Court Judge in his native Trinidad. In 1990, he was appointed High Commissioner for Trinidad and Tobago in London. Ulric Cross passed away at the age of 96 on 4 October 2013. Philip, Louise, Ulric Cross, Pilots of the Caribbean.
Sep 30, 2024 · Philip Louis Ulric Cross DFC DSO, known as Ulric, was born on 1 May 1917, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Ulric arrived in Britain in November 1941 and began his training as a navigator in the RAF. After completing his training, he was commissioned as an officer and assigned to 139 (Jamaica) Squadron, based at RAF Marham.
Ulric Cross. Ulric Cross is often recognised as the most decorated Caribbean airman of WW2. Born in Trinidad in 1917, Cross joined the RAF aged 24 in 1941. He trained as a navigator and joined 139 Squadron, gaining the nickname ‘The Black Hornet’. Cross became an expert in precision bombing and joined the ranks of the elite Pathfinder Force ...
As the Royal Force (RAF) marks its 100 th anniversary, tales of its brave veterans have come to the fore. Caribbean Intelligence this week features some of the World War Two memories of Trinidad-born Ulric Cross, who died in 2013. During an exciting life, Ulric Cross travelled from Trinidad to serve in the RAF – he won the Distinguished ...
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Philip Louis Ulric Cross (1 May 1917 – 4 October 2013) was a Trinidadian jurist, diplomat and Royal Air Force (RAF) navigator, recognised as possibly the most decorated West Indian of World War II. [1] [2] He is credited with helping to prevent some two hundred bombers from being shot down in a raid over Germany in 1943. [3]
