G'day Neville, I have been thinking about your question all day and then I realised that Flying Officer Pring, was discussed at some length some time ago n this list. See... http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2192058 http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2192058 and use Google for this search... http://www.google.com/search?q=calcutta++Pring++beaufighter&hl=en&start=0&sa=N There are many entries. ooroo