Met him once for a very very short time. Met Johnny Johnson in St Croix Sur Mer when we commemorated an allied airfield. Almost got to have lunch with Bubbi Hartmann, but my wife talked me out of going. Kicking myself ever since. A good friend of the family used to chat with me all the time when I was little. He was in REME and tried to turn me off the military by talking about tank recoveries after battles. Best advice he gave me was never sleep under my tank after having to exhume the bodies of several Churchill crews whose vehicles had sunk in the mud during the night with the crews still under them. He was very sad when I went Armoured Recce. Never saw him after to tell him I was in the Air force.
James