WanderOO
Sincere thanks for your efforts, but Mr roving has cracked the mystery!
roving
I have the PILOT'S FLYING LOG SHEET (SUBSTITUTE FOR FORM 414) No. 3 E.F.T.S. June 1942 before me and I now, with a magnifying glass, can see that the name squashed into the column for PILOT OR 1st PILOT is F/O IMERETINSKY. All these years I had read the I as a part of the first stroke of the letter M - note to self - visit optician soonmost! This kind of thing does happen with logs hand-written by those who are no longer with us - petet on this great thread has been brilliant at deciphering mysterious squiggles for us from WW 2 forms.
So, my late father had a White Russian Prince teach him up to solo - what a turn-up for the book!
Mr roving I owe you a drink for making me look more closely at this yellowing 75 year old piece of stationary. Thank you Sir.
Ian BB