I found the answer!
He was involved in what seems to be a cross between Biggles and James Bond.
Apparently, what his unit would do is this.
Fly into Japanese controlled airfields (and by this I mean, the place is sprawling with Japs...excuse the abbreviation) find the aeroplane(s) he had been breifed on, climb into the cockpit and take the production plate.
This was done, so that the Intelligence bodies knew how many Jap aircraft there were (minimum number) and thus, which factories to bomb, (because apparently the plates say, "Made in Japan, Factory X"or whatever)
Apparently he was a good pilot...maybe thats where I get it from
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