This man was a true aviation professional.
He did something for the first time, something incredibly risky, with an awesome bottom line, without question, and brought the crew and the aeroplane home.
And changed the course of history.
The argument will never be won, because there are as many bleeding heart liberals as there are pragmatists in this world. There can be little doubt that the taking of the Home Islands and the ultimate invasion of Japan would have slaughtered perhaps millions of souls for the same outcome.
A proper pilot, and one of our own.