Wander00 - from the write up on Coff's link
C.O. 276 Squadron
Hamlyn was awarded the A.F.C. for his work at R.A.F. Valley. He was then promoted Squadron Leader to command 276 Squadron at Harrowbeer, Devon, 8.12.1942. The squadron was equipped with Lysander and Walrus. Hurricanes, Defiants, Spitfires and Ansons were then supplied, the fighter aircraft being used for spotting downed aircrew at sea. Perhaps unsurprisingly Hamlyn chose to re-acquaint himself with the Spitfire.
NickB - Yes that's me. Son got turned down by the RAF and told to come back in a year, but in the interim he went into the army, and did 22 years in the REME. I'm still in the same house. Did you come on either of the trips to Brize I organised with a flight in a VC10 tanker thrown in?