I am very sorry to hear that Arthur Whitlock has passed away. Although I never met him, I spoke to him on the phone a few months ago about his flying days in India. In fact, last time I was in India I gave a copy of his book to Indian friends who remembered flying in the Daks flown by Arthur and some of his eccentric fellow aviators between Calcutta and the tea estates in the early 1950's. I often picked up his wonderful book to re-read a chapter of how things were done in the old days. Wish I had taken the trouble to meet him over a few beers....RIP Arthur.