Following his training at Sandtoft  Sgt Girling aged 19,  joined 576 Sqn in November 1944 shortly after their move from Elsham to Fiskerton. His logbook lists his first operation to Wanne Eickle as Flight Engineer to F/O Herbert. He flew his remaining operations with  F/O Callington.  Following his ops with 576 Sqn, the crew were transferred to 150 sqn and left Fiskerton for Hemswell-flying a further 19 operations. Following the end of hostilities, he was transferred the the Far East-possibly as part of Tiger Force and was demobbed in 1947. He joined the British Transport Police and remained with them  until his untimely death in 1969.

Many thanks to Alan for supplying the images and information on this page.

L to R: F/O Callington-Pilot, F/O Steiner-Bomb-Aimer and Unknown. Location: This picture was taken between the Officers and Sgts accommodation Nissan Huts at RAF Sandtoft in Lincolnshire. The station was the base of 1667 Heavy Conversion Unit which undertook Conversion training on the Handley Page Halifax and later the Avro Lancaster "Heavies" of Bomber Command. The accommodation site whilst now demolished is still visible to the South of the village of Sandtoft. The site is to the West of the Wroot Road and the concrete access roads can still be seen on Google Earth.

The Location of this picture is unknown, but most probable location is at the crews initial Operational training unit or RAF Lindholme (11 Base) near Doncaster (now Lindholme Prison). The position of the Nissan Hut’s do not match up to either RAF Sandtoft or RAF Fiskerton's accommodation Maps.