Congratulations Danny! And I'm sure everyone on this matchless thread will join me in thanking you for past years in which you have right royally entertained us with wit, wisdom, and experience. Go easy on the Nunc Dimittis, the Magnificat would be more appropriate
I don't know about Rupert's back pay, Danny, I presume he cashed in as did other POWs. I certainly hope so as small compensation for giving up the best years of his life in a prison camp; today he remembers nothing about it. Yes, the Sunderlands did land on Lake Havel, apparently Berlin needed more than 30 tons of salt among the 6000+ tons of general supplies delivered daily. Operation Plainfare has its own very interesting entry on Wiki.