jerryh99 (#10),
....then to Yelahanka (now in A flight, O/C S/Ldr I A Sutherland)...
Sounds like my last Boss on 8 (IAF) - Sqn Ldr Ira K(?) Sutherland DFC, RNZAF. Took over in the Arakan from Sqn Ldr Prasad early Feb '44. Was stretchered out myself a fortnight later after a prang. All Vengeances pulled off 'ops' for good (Why ?)
On onset of '44 monsoon, I went up to Samungli (Quetta) with them, last saw Sutherland when I was posted down to Yelahanka 31.10.44.
(to convert Mossie pilots to Vengeance ! - in case glue problem insuperable - they would then never be suitable for SE Asia).
Got there, glue fixed, out of a job till New Year's Day. In those two months nothing at Yelahanka except a Thunderbolt Conversion Unit. Sutherland must have gone over to 110 (H) on Mossies; 8 (IAF) got Spit XIVs.
My normal haunt is Military Aviation Forum ("Gaining a R.A.F. Pilots Brevet" - Yelahanka and Sutherland around page 150); ancientaviator62 pointed me here.
...and Sutherland had been lost...
Pity (with the end so near). Real tough guy and fierce disciplinarian, but pity all the same.
Clearing frequency,
Danny42C.