In article ,
M. J. Powell wrote:
In message , Mike Marron
writes
(WaltBJ) wrote:

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FWIW I remember hearing about a pilot who flipped out while on his 748th
combat mission in SEA. Anybody else remember that case, supposedly

After surviving nearly 750 missions (?!!) in combat who the hell
*wouldn't* be section eight material?

HE started with a large deposit of courage and endurance but made one
too many withdrawals?

Sounds like some of my father's stories.

They had one guy on his ship who'd been on Royal Oak when she
was topedoed. After he joined Egret he eventually reached the
stage where he couldn't sleep - or even go - below decks (this
on the Atlantic and South Atlantic convoy runs). IIRC he was
drafted to a shore post in the end (unless I'm thinking of
someone else). Certainly my father uses this (and similar)
stories to make the point that the Navy recognised that
very brave men could get to the point where they could no
longer function, whereas the RAF would have slapped them
with LMF.
One of his college friends (or a friend thereof - have to ask)
did join the RAF and after a time was threatened with being
declared LMF. He'd been flying low-level intruder missions
in daylight over France for about a year by then. In Blenheim
IVFs. No wonder the strain was showing. He kept flying and
didn't come back from his next intruder mission. No survivors
from the crew. Another splendid success for the RAF approach.

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