 Crombie completed his final patrol with No. 176 Squadron on 28 April 1943 , before moving to Air Headquarters , Bengal four days later . Later that month , Crombie carried out two raids over Akyab , Burma , the first a strafing attack on Japanese troops in the area , and the second assaulting Japanese shipping . On 25 May , the announcement that Crombie had been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross was published in a supplement to the London Gazette . The decoration came as a result of his " High standard of courage and keenness whilst flying " with No. 89 Squadron in the Middle East , carrying out " ... Intruder patrols and ... low level attacks on enemy bases " in addition to his personal destruction of Axis aircraft . 
