John, yours is exactly the kind of Post that has made this (IMHO) the best and most popular Thread in the Forum. Now that we have to face the fact that we can expect no more from the wartime generation, it falls to their children and grandchildren to fill the gaps from the tales told, and the logbooks, diaries and notebooks left to them. I would hope that this entire Thread (and others like it) might be archived one day and find a home in the I.W.M.
If it is not too much to ask, could you coax from your Dad the whole story from the day he signed on the dotted line, took the Oath (and got two bob to seal the deal !) and embarked on what was probably to be (as it was for so many of us) the greatest adventure of his life ?
I am sure that I speak for many besides myself in making this plea.
Danny.