Delighted to see you back at the controls, Danny, and I add my best wishes to those already expressed
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It is indeed surprising how, given its scale, Operation Varsity appears to have slipped in under the radar of public awareness - though you at least have the excuse that you were otherwise engaged at the time.
By the way, his son told me that, among Dennis's ex-RAF pals, his nickname was "Danny", and that this was a nickname that several of his pals shared. Was this a bit of a running gag, like "Bruce" in the Monty Python universe? His son thought it might be a reference to Dan Dare, but Wikipedia tells me that Dan Dare
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Dare wasn't written about till 1950 (and that the eponym himself wasn't born till 1967!). And dare I even ask if you yourself are a Danny by birth or by sobriquet?