Chugalug (#9688),
A glaring example of this scandalous "apartheid" was the action which eaned F/O Garland and Sgt Gray a VC each in an attack with a "Battle" on the Dutch bridges in 1940.
"Both Garland and Gray were awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously. Leading Aircraftman Reynolds, the third member of the crew, did not receive a medal because he was not in a "decision making" position". [Wiki].
Presumably on the grounds that he did not need to be brave to get killed.
Words fail me.
Danny.