Thank you SLXOwft and Archimedes for saying so eloquently all that I would have liked to say too. I support your views 100%. My career was as a civil pilot, but most of the captains I first flew with in BOAC were ex-Bomber Command. As you would expect, some had very mixed views as to the morality but knew it was the only way that Britain could take the war to Hitler at that time. They were all very brave men who fought for the liberty and peace we now enjoy. They knew their ultimate goal was right even though the method used was a very blunt instrument. As others have said here, all war is horrible, my family suffered too. But once you go to war, you have to fight it with all your might.
Churchill did, Harris did, and the men under him did. You have to judge people and their actions in the light of the knowledge and values of the time, not those which are held now.