1942. A portrait of Crook by official RAF artist Captain Cuthbert Orde was reproduced on the frontispiece. Crook also wrote Pursuit of Passy, a work of fiction about an RAF pilot who crashes in France and joins the Resistance, published in 1946 by Herbert Joseph. Crook's flying log book is stored at The National Archives in Kew, and is available for public viewing. A new paperback edition of his memoir Spitfire Pilot was published by Greenhill Books in October 2021. The new edition includes an introduction by the British historian Richard Overy, a Preface by the author's daughter Rosemary Lloyd, and an article by Air Vice-Marshal A F C Hunter, Honorary Air Commodore of the No. 609 (West Riding) Squadron. References Further reading Kenneth G. Wynn, Men of the Battle of Britain External links BBC: People's War eBook version of Pursuit of Passy Excerpt from Crook's book 1914 births Military personnel from Yorkshire 1940s missing person cases 1944 deaths Missing in action of World War II People from Huddersfield People who died at sea Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Royal Air Force officers Royal Air Force personnel killed in World War II Royal Air Force pilots of World War II The Few