Hi On the subject of RIAF do you know of or remember the Pilot named "Pring" reputed to have shot down a Jap Fighter Bomber over Chittagong and Calcutta I'm not sure.  Would be interested in his story. Neville ________________________________ From: ron howe <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, 7 March, 2010 2:23:32 Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Wing Commander Bob Doe: wartime fighter ace | Times Online Obituary On 6 March 2010 22:26, John Feltham <[email protected]> wrote: > G'day Ron, > > On 06/03/2010, at 11:35 AM, ron howe wrote: > > > > Thanks for that little story Ron. > > How did you come to be in the RIAF? > > Did you know Micky Blake he was flying Hurricanes in Burma. He said that he > too knew Bob Doe. > > Micky is an old boy of my school in India. He lives in Mt Kurangai ? to the > north of Sydney. > > > ooroo > > > > > born ,bred in india could not get into RAF as aircrew. My mother's people > were th ere for a couple of hundred years > I did not know Micky but have read of him ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On 14 April 2010 17:51, NEVILLE WILSON DE ROZE < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi > On the subject of RIAF do you know of or remember the Pilot named "Pring" > reputed to have shot down a Jap Fighter Bomber over Chittagong and Calcutta > I'm not sure. > Would be interested in his story. > > Neville > > sorry no knowledge > Ron

Pring brought down three Japanese aircraft. He was himself brought down not long after. He was greatly admired in Calcutta where I believe he was stationed. I believe I can remember watching the dog fights over Calcutta. I used to have a photograph of him now lost ! Try Google. Sally > Hi > On the subject of RIAF do you know of or remember the Pilot named "Pring" > reputed to have shot down a Jap Fighter Bomber over Chittagong and Calcutta > I'm not sure. > Would be interested in his story. > > Neville

G'day Neville, I have passed you query on to people that I know in India. I'll let you know if there is a response. ooroo On 15/04/2010, at 3:51 AM, NEVILLE WILSON DE ROZE wrote: Hi On the subject of RIAF do you know of or remember the Pilot named "Pring" reputed to have shot down a Jap Fighter Bomber over Chittagong and Calcutta I'm not sure. Would be interested in his story. Neville ________________________________ From: ron howe <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, 7 March, 2010 2:23:32 Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Wing Commander Bob Doe: wartime fighter ace | Times Online Obituary On 6 March 2010 22:26, John Feltham <[email protected]> wrote: > G'day Ron, > > On 06/03/2010, at 11:35 AM, ron howe wrote: > > > > Thanks for that little story Ron. > > How did you come to be in the RIAF? > > Did you know Micky Blake he was flying Hurricanes in Burma. He said that he > too knew Bob Doe. > > Micky is an old boy of my school in India. He lives in Mt Kurangai ? to the > north of Sydney. > > > ooroo > > > > > born ,bred in india could not get into RAF as aircrew. My mother's people > were th ere for a couple of hundred years > I did not know Micky but have read of him ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message