Hello,
Thank you for the detailed response, it confirms for certain that the pilot was indeed lost. Also that the elderly gent in the photo provided in an earlier post must certainly be another man.
I agree that the a/c could well have been in service at the later date, which didn't help resolve the question on which a/c it was in June'45.
Also it does not explain why he is not listed in the DPAA lists as still MIA ?
In the "old" lists there was a separate "lost at sea" list, didn't seem to be in the new one.
It also raises the question as to how many others are also not listed in the DPAA lists ?
Also from "Fold3"
https://www.fold3.com/image/31076236...ves,%20Alfonso
Alex