Miss PN, for her university dissertation was permitted to read some misreps from Iraq. ROE did not permit weapons release unless in self-defence and the IntO was all for having the pilot courts martialled for breaking the rules.
The pilot had been tasked to recce a village that an Army column was soon to enter. He was suspicious and flew low over the village for 2 1/2 hours. Eventually they shot at him whereupon he bombed them thus alerting the Army column that he had been unable to contact.
Btw, that was in the 1920s.