Early WW2 years saw Bleheims opperating at Upwood, later Lancasters.
I lived 5 miles to the North of Upwood during WW2. I would be in my bed and hear Lancasters, up to 20 of them at short intervals. The Merlins flat out, fully loaded, struggling for height, rattling my bedroom windows.
I was not to know that a large percentage of those young boys were on their last sortie.
Or that an engine failure would be the end of me. Those WW2 Tech boys must have been magicians, ferreting around for spares.
I saw the crews in Ramsey (then Hunts) visiting the George Hotel.