Question about WW2 radar

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My granddad has passed away, but during his final year he tried to tell me some of his stories. The problem was communication was difficult. He had poor hearing and a raspy voice, so he couldn't hear me and I couldn't hear him.
I know he was knowlegable in how all things radar related worked, so I imagine he was more involved with the engineering/up-keep of the machines involved (he worked in telecommunications after the war) - the display screens and so on. I seem to remember him talking about doing repair work on the towers during a raid. But, he also told me that during D-Day (he said he was based 3 miles inland at Dover) he was responsible for the downing of 8 German aircraft, so must have been operating.

How common were male radar operators during WW2? Every website I look at only referrs to women being operators.
Can anyone tell me what his rank/roll might have been? I know he wasn't so high up, but he did have a badge signalling that he had permission to speak in front of the higher ranks.

Thank you, and I apologize for my vagueness.

You could try asking the British Legion for advice on where to find details of his service, one of their data books did have data for one of my relatives who was a private. I do not know if the MoD could allow you access to any data about him, do you know if he won any medals ? If so then a record maywell exist.

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