Be trained as a pilot in their early 40s. No.
To become an A1 QFI requires him to undergo the course at Central Flying School. They come out as B2.
They would have to do the Nimrod OCU and arrive on the sqn as a B2 QFI. Within 6-9 months they would be checked as a B1 QFI then as earlier the progression to A1 is long and hard but certainly achievable inside 7 years start to finish.
The CFS A1 Instructor Cat is quite different from the Maritime A-Cat.
The sticking point is the age for pilot training of 26 about 28 on graduation. Maybe there are exceptions.
The AFL goes back 90 years. It is a question of whether your library has a copy. There is also a Retired List. As an economy measure they have stopped printing the AFL. I don't know about the war years. The RAF Club certainly has a set althought whether they would look a nam up for you I do not know - DPA and all that
