Hello ValMORNA, Danny42C, teeteringhead
I merely expanded a little bit on ValMORNA's post. I never said that he got the DFC for it. ValMORNA said he may...
Most of my hearsay (albeit from the horse's mouth) were alcohol fuelled nights down Chris Kebab during the 84 Sqn 75th Anniversary visit by the Association at Akrotiri.
Arthur Gill was present, and also a Jap POW survivor, (I think his name was Sam)
Come to think of it, my info isn't even "horse's mouth" and more likely to be from any random old codger at the table.
So here's my other 3rd hand hearsay snippet:-
The fabled escape from Java to Australia, was reported as the CO and 11 crew finding a lifeboat and sailing for 44 days.
The version that I heard was that 2 boats were found. The ground crew had one, and the aircrew had the other. The aircrew quickly badly damaged their boat, so they turfed the ground crew out of theirs and took it. The ground crew were left to their fate.