My dad was aircrew in Bomber Command in WW 2. He flew from RAF Oulton, in Norfolk,in one of the two squadrons of Boeing B17 Flying Fortresses that the RAF operated in the ECM ( although they probably didn't call it that in those days ) role. They seem to have been a mixed bunch of guys----my Dad's regular crew included two Canadians, and their normal pilot was a Squadron- Leader Van Den Bok !! Dad was a Wireless Operator / Air Gunner in the rank of Flight Sergeant, then Pilot Officer, then Flying Officer.The B 17 s usually carried 2 Wireless Operators, one of whose job it was to confuse ( in German ) the German night-fighter pilots and directors.But it was very hazardous, and at least one 214 Squadron B 17 was shot down by an RAF Lancaster bomber who didn't know what it was ,and opened fire on it.
      Cy Grant , I remember well from his days on early (1950s) television----- I always liked him ,and now even more so !! It is indeed a sobering thought that something like 55 THOUSAND men, both air and ground crew, lost their lives in WW 2 ......Yes, Fifty Five Thousand !! It doesn't bear thinking about, does it ?? Per Ardua Ad Astra.