Further to MPN's story of the ex-Typhoon pilot reduced to sgt. My father's Canadian friend Bob Nash on 9 Sqn at Binbrook 1950-51 had served two tours on Lancasters, ending the war as Flt Lt. A grateful nation granted his wish to continue flying, providing he dropped rank to F/Sgt. and the pension that went with it.
My father was more cross about this than Bob himself. But then Bob was an easygoing fellow who seemed happy enough when given his Lincoln WS-D for his time at Binners, in between taking this small boy for exciting Sunday mornings learning cockpit drill in the real thing
