Adrian met Christina Ratcliffe in Floriana, Malta, on the evening of 24 January 1941. It was a meeting that changed their lives. They soon became recognised by many as Malta’s ‘golden couple’, very much part of Malta’s story. Christina was a dancer stranded in Malta and a founder member of the Whizz Bangs concert party which entertained troops. She became a civilian plotter working for the RAF, later Captain of her Watch and Assistant Controller. She was decorated in 1943. After Warby left Malta in October 1943, Christina never saw Warby again. She stayed in Malta, never married, and died there in 1988. George Lawson who commanded the 7th PRG and reluctantly authorised the sortie said: ‘Warby told me he was going to San Severo in Italy and had no intention of going to Sardinia. He may have had it in mind going back to Malta from San Severo to see his old girlfriend.’ Christina's story was featured in the short musical play "Star of Strait Street", by Philip Glassborow, which opened in Valletta in 2017, and she is the central character in the book, "Ladies of Lascaris", by Paul McDonald, published in 2018.