DOC.400, Speaksoftly, Thanks. I am glad you enjoyed it.
Amazon Man, Mycroft. I will certainly take a look at the Sandringham next time I am over Southampton way. I presume that the BOAc operation stayed at Poole for the rest of the war because when my parents finally came home in '47, after Burma became independent, they flew in either a Sandringham or a Solent and landed at Poole. Mum says it was just as noisy as the Caledonia, less room per passenger, and flew much longer stages (Karachi/Baghrein/Cairo/Poole?)
Bonajet, I can find no mention of the boats stopping anywhere between Dubai and Karachi. The HP42s stopped at Gwadar.
BEagle. I was allowed about a week's "acclimatisation" in Rangoon and then suddenly one morning out came the Kennedy and North & Hillard horrors and the relationship between me and Dad, which we had been trying to rebuild, nosedived. My sister and I proved to be the first of many Brit children who arrived from UK over the next few months, and Presto! the Brit community got their act together and established an excellent day school covering the whole curriculum from primary to Matric. And none of us died of tropical diseases, which had been the excuse for sending us home at age 5! However, when Dad took leave in '41 we went down to NZ where we were put to boarding schools and I got my a**e kicked into shape again! Happy days! <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> <img src="smile.gif" border="0">