I still have my Grandad's tool kit in a wooden box. It came with flat pack landing craft from the USA he helped assemble in Totnes ahead of D day.
In WWII dat was in the Air Training Corps, living in Rutland they were surrounded by USAF bases. He used to go on to the bases and chat with pilots and mechanics. Every P51 came with a Packard Merlin tool kit and he collected a number of tools, including what we now know as a MoleGrip. I still have, and use them, they are all dated 1942. A good connection with Dad, who would now be 105...
Nice memories!
