Chugalug,
I consider myself well and justly chastened, Sir ! You are, of course, absolutely right and I should not have jumped in so soon, and so critical of the details, to get the time and place frame for the story.
I shall now be patient, and apologise to BB for harrying him for "furher and better particulars". Let's hear the whole story, and wait for the log book, then we'll sort it out at leisure.
I too, wondered about John, he now seems to be a man of considerable authority (although being a personal pilot to a Lieut-General carrys cosiderable 'clout' - he's an ADC in all but name).
In sackcloth and ashes, a penitent
Danny.