For all the others who, like me, are captivated by these anecdotes and tales of WW2 aviation; I've found this:
RAAF Museum: Air Crew Association's Donated Archive
Which is a collection of similar tales from the RAAF...
I would also like to join with Danny42C in asking for everyone who was there, or knows anyone who was there, to add as much as possible to this peerless record of times past. Contributions from aircrew other than pilots would also expand the thread; there seems to be little available anywhere from Air Gunners, Wireless Operators, Navigators and Air Bombers...we have Cliff's accounts of Flight Engineer, with his contemporaneous training notes, which makes it all so real. I would be fascinated to read accounts of the training and operational experiences of those who risked everything in the other crew positions.