On my first ATC tour I worked with a MPlt who had been an A/Sqn Ldr on Typhoons in the ‘late War’. DFM or DFC? Can’t remember. When it was all over, they said he wan’t really our sort of chap (robust Aussie) but he could stay as a Sgt Pilot. He really admired we direct entry plt offs! Harsh but fair was Black Jack!