My No1 son, a British test pilot, was in the departure lounge at Blagnac, some 3 years ago, waiting for a flight and spotted Yeager who is one of his heroes. He went over and exchanged pleasantries which culminated in them posing together for a photo. I don't think there was any evidence of anti -Britishness by Yeager on that occasion.
As for heroes who were despised by their colleagues, Max Hastings in his book 'Warriors' has a bit to say about it - one of the subjects is the WW2 bomber hero, not Cheshire of course.
What a lot of 'The Cousins' either forget or did not know in the first place, is that Hitler declared war on the USA after Pearl Harbor (I Grudgingly use the American spelling as it is a proper noun! ) and not the other way around.