158 Squadron - LowNSlow
LowNSlow,
Thanks for the memory of your father, My grandfather was posted to 158 Squadron also as a F/O just as the war ended after doing a tour as a F/E with 51 Squadron and then spending 12 months at 1663 HCU. From his log book it looks like they converted to Stirlings around June/July 1945. He also has the same "trips" in his log book, he stayed with 158 until it was disbanded on 1st January 1946. He stayed in the RAF until 1958.
I think it highly likely that they knew each other :-)
Regards
Paul