A bit off thread as we're all now talking about the Robinson book / TV series.
I was glad to read your comments, snapper, as I too thought the TV series was realistic in its portrayal of the sqn pilots. I hasten to add I'm not a BoB veteran, but I was on a squadron at the time and remember being able to identify TV 'types' with 'types' among my colleagues. Squadrons are not full of clean cut, agreeable heroes - sometimes there are some real pains.
And don't let anyone tell you that the "mad CO" is a fiction. I can think of at least 2 definites and a few borderlines.