I’m sorry to hear about John Finch-Davis. I have read about some of his exploits in old issues of Control Column. He visited quite a lot of Whitleys in the early days.

My sincerest condonences to his family and friends.

John, who passed on recently at his home in Bournemouth, was a pioneer high ground wreck hunter and certainly known to some on this forum. He was a good friend of mine for almost 40 years and we shared numerous expeditions into the hills. When I first met him, he was in the RAF, servicing Oakington Varsities. He later worked at Duxford and Wycombe Air Park. Much of his life was spent driving trucks on overland tours across Africa, as well as Europe and Asia to the Himalayas. John was an immensely resourceful character with a great sense of humour. It’s difficult to imagine him not being round any more.