BUD and SON BRIAN CROOKES, PUBLISHERS OF "LIFE and TIMES OF #422
BUD CROOKES ARRIVED ON #422 IN 1943, COMPLETING A TOUR WITH THREE CREWS ON CONVOY PATROL AND SEARCH, AT THE HEIGHT OF CRITICAL DANGERS WITH THE LOSSES OF SHIPS. THEN, AFTER THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC HAD BEEN VIRTUALLY WON, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO FERRY COMMAND ON SUNDERLANDS TO THE FAR EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA (PACIFIC WAR).