My father was Royal Air Force Corporal Leonard John Henry Westbrook, and he was part of the No. 107 Maintenance Unit, stationed at RAF Kasfa-reet in Egypt. That air base was formed in late 1940 and originally called Geneifa. My father was stationed there, I believe, from 1941 to ’43, and he was a crane driver specializing in recovery and rescue of vehicles as well as planes. He drove most vehicles, from cranes to Queen Mary trailers, and his
