Good Morning Mr Grubby, HD et al,
It wasn't FF, it was Mr. D.B.Middleton pre-LATCC 'A' Watch. DBM was certainly at
Poole Harbour (GDCB) in '47 / '48 doing 'Poole Pinnace' and possibly
Southampton Water doing 'Southampton Pinnace' too. He was my previous SATCO and used to tell me some interesting stories about laying out the markers and talking them down from the pinnace in marginal weather....! Sadly he is no longer with us to confirm. FF (much younger - but probably now the oldest valid ATCO...) was at 'Eastleigh' mid-fifties and 'coordinated' with the Southampton flying boat Watch Office (telegram...?
) I will ask FF what he knows.
TDM