Thanks for the heads-up, Mike6567. The available on-line reader reviews of the book, Wings and a Prayer, range from "excellent!!" to "extremely disappointing..."
The latter comment is attributed to the RAF, and I'm wondering if the plaudits may be from those more interested in his religious journey than his flying and combat accomplishments. Without reading the book, it appears that the author may have been more concerned with the former and had comparatively little interest or expertise in the latter.
The two aspects of his character must have complimented one another or he would not have excelled in both, or even survived the war. In airline operations the overt combination can be problematic. I wonder if military combat, however, is another matter? One key difference is that, at his most successful, Burbridge was always paired with the same, like-minded buddy.
His biography might merit a collaboration between two authors from the different fields.