Wander00, not interfering at all, on the contrary thanks for your concern. I'll look at it again but I think it was all in QR's at the time; non contributory scheme, insufficient years served, etc. The clincher ISTR was the 38/16 cut-off, and I left well beforehand. No regrets in hindsight though, I enjoyed every minute (well, almost) that I served, mainly because it had all been (well, almost) flying. The RAF sought to spoil my fun by insisting I do a ground tour, followed I suspect by another and yet another. Carried on flying instead, and enjoyed every minute of it (well, almost).