pBeach, I'm sure they must have at least bumped into each other!! My Dad started off as an airframe fitter with 151 Sqn (Hurricanes) moving from North Weald to Stapleford Tawney after they were bombed out. In late 1940 he was transferred to 51 Sqn (Whitleys)in Wyton. He was about to be arrested for painting the statue of Oliver Cromwell in Huntingdon in red, white and blue when he was posted to Crete. While he was en route to Liverpool docks Crete fell and he was sent to Canada instead.
What was your Grandfather's name? I'll be back in Blighty in August and I'll ask the old feller if he remembers your Grandad. By 1945 Dad was teh Deputy Flight Engineer Leader so he would have at least met all the F/Es.
Peter
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