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I refer to the wikipedia entry on Sempill at William Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia without comment other than it does seem rather 'espionage heavy'!

So often history is written with and influenced by the benefit of hindsight!

Thank you, nuuumannn, for your input at #18. Mikesh Abe 'Japanese Aircraft, 1910-1941' is available on amazon.uk from just under £50 upward. That price is one of the reasons why I did not purchase the book, speculatively, in an endeavour to find answers to my questions. I now realise that my...

Thank you, Shinpachi. You've kindly provided me with another avenue to pursue.

Please forgive me. I have very little knowledge of Japanese aviation and its history. The research that I'm undertaking relates primarily to matters and events outside of Japan. It's just that the pilot learnt to fly in Japan. That's a fair point and the simple answer is that it did not...

Shinpachi, thank you. I was the poster of the original questions on another forum. So I'm most grateful to you for the information and questions. But here are some more.....! I'm researching the career of a pilot who trained at the Mikuni Flight School between, I think, 1930 and 1933. In that...