Vfrpilotpl
It's all summed up in the saying
"lest we forget"
I have an ageing neighbour who flew Beaufighters out of a base in Scotland mostly into the thick flack of the Norwegian Fiords.
On one of his missions 12 went out and 4 came back.
Our "open the hangar doors" sessions over the fence are mind boggling even though I lost many mates in the Korean war.