Another great day of interactive posts. I also nearly went for the Brigand but didn't look "warlike" enough and brain cells too slow to recall the Buckmaster name before, so beaten to it! I think Bristol went the twin fin route due to problems with a single rudder coping with the more powerful engines. Mossies and Hornets etc seemed to manage, so I wonder what the precise reason to switch to twin rudders might have been. Otherwise, there is still a distinct family resemblance back to the Blenheim.
Sorry to hear of your fellow students demise, that's why we get concerned that stories like these don't get lost! Somehow you have an uncanny knack of making what, from others, could be mundane come alive and enthralling. I wish I had your ability of expression! Keep on keeping on!!
Have we lost all other WW2 aircrew such as Navigators, W/Op and gunners?
Come on, there must be some left who could be coaxed into adding their reminiscences? Please.....????