Rob,
I've only just seen your post. Thanks for your anecdotes about Bruce. I agree with you, he was really nice.
The last time I saw him was in 1967 when I was on my first UBAS Summer Camp at Binbrook. A group of us who had school friends at Cranwell, drove down there to see them. I was always slightly surprised that he went to Cranwell, since he did arts subjects in the Sixth Form. He was also a talented artist. I suspect his father, who had been a WWII RAF pilot, may have been instrumental in his decision.
I was in Canada when he was killed and I didn't find out about it for several years, until my Mother mentioned in passing that she had heard about the accident.