George Sproates
Sannatuu,
Sadly, Frank passed away a few weeks ago at the age of 98 so I cannot ask him any more about his old friend George Sproates. I can only repeat what I wrote before. The most important bit, if you are trying to identify your George is that, according to Frank, his last job in the RAF was as Station Commander at Akrotiri. I do not remember him telling me that George was ever a POW. Frank was highly amused at the rapid progress made by his Geordie friend through the ranks of the RAF and put it down to his excellent acting skills and being able to hide his pronounced accent.
Others may be interested to learn that Frank's story on this thread formed the basis of Frank's obituary in the local paper.