Walter,
...(that was me) had been commissioned in the Royal Air Force on 27.10.43 as a Pilot Officer, and that he had been promoted to Flying Officer on 27.4.44...
and
...It annoyed us profoundly that we were made to do such work, but apart from protesting there was little we could do about it...
Bit confused now - were you still in your Irish persona, or had they rumbled you and knew who you really were ? And if so, was there any way in which the Germans could be officially advised of your changed status (say by Red Cross ?).
ISTR that officers cannot be made to work, and should be transferred to an Oflag - but how did that work in practice ? And in any case, you would not want to be parted from your friends. But think of the nice little nest-egg piling up for you in some British bank !
Danny.