Pity about all this character assassination. I know little of their true character, and I doubt whether others on this thread do so - other than through hearsay and written innuendo. It is quite misleading to try to define such people by comparing them with other well-known wartime RAF personalities - I knew two of the those mentioned by Jacko, and neither could be regarded as being contemporarily superior! We are all wired up in different ways - vive la difference.
Whatever flaws they had, so what? They were young men tasked with violent deeds, and their Service records and exploits reflect considerable bravery. Surely this doesn't merit an undefendable public kicking sixty years later on? Or are we on yet another quest to expose and record the 'truth'- lest we forget.