Henry,
Certainly could have been but did they have night fighters there? My recollection is that Strad was a Meteor T7/F8 AFS.
In 1957 ish Fighter Command used to publish a flight safety document monthly in which such pearls as described proliferated. Another that sticks in my mind concerned Slash Slaney who had arrived at Chivenor as a tactical instructor. A group of us were discussing the latest incident which concerned a Thursday excercise when all the airfields were "red" but sector nevertheless scrambled a pair of Hunters. After a fruitless trip around the South East the time came to return. The only place vaguely workable was Biggin. As the pair of brave aviators were being GCA'd, through a hole in the overcast the wingman glimpsed a runway and made a dart at it. It turned out to be Kenley. His lead got down at Biggin. Both were flying on fumes. Slash in his sardonic fashion said "that was me". The controller who had initiated the scramble had gone to lunch!