My grandfather was in the RAF during World War 2; I know this because I have (somewhere) the paperwork he was given on being discharged. He was some sort of technician on radio equipment somewhere in north Africa.
Unfortunately, that's all we know about it, although presumably the RAF could look him up via his service number. He told stories about watching cats fight scorpions in the desert and claimed during lighter moments to have been awarded the Spam Medal and the Shelter Medal.
But no, didn't talk about it much.
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