Bert Spalton
This message is for anyone who worked with, or trained with Bert Spalton.
Bert died peacefully late in the night, on the 18th December during his sleep after a difficult year health wise.
Throughout his many years serving in the Aviation sector, which started when he joined the RAF when he was 17, being quickly promoted to Special Operations Executive during the Second World War.
After the end of the War, Bert joined NATS, and became an instructor at the ATC college at Hurn. Having moved on from Hurn, he served time as watch manager at both London Heathrow and Manchester Airports.
I am Berts' grandson, David Spalton.
If you have any funny stories from Berts' training days or any other stories you remember, please do share them here and I will take them to my grandmother, and the rest of our family to look over.
Thank you
David