sidevalve,
What a magnificent adventure story - well worth expanding into a book (in spite of my former "cold-water-pouring" on more War stories, on the grounds that that market is saturated, and in any case they're ancient history to anyone under sixty, in the same way as Omdurman was to us in our day).
Could you pass on to George and Janet (who I hope are enjoying their retirement in wild Wales) the heartfelt thanks of all PPRuNers who have read their story (thanks to you). I do hope that you've managed to point George in our direction and (dare I hope) get him aboard here ? He'd be more than welcome !
Again, thanks ! Danny.