In this weeks Sunday Times Max Hastings in his review of the book "Air Force Blue: The RAF in World War Two" by Patrick Bishop mentions:
In January 1943, Arthur Harris, the notoriously explosive C-in-C of Bomber Command, was briefly distracted from his obsession with destroying Germany’s cities by the vexed matter of venereal disease among his aircrew. Many of the men, knowing they were likely to be dead within weeks, sought consolation in the pleasures of wine and song, and more controversially of women. The airfield at Lindholme, from which airmen ventured into nearby Doncaster, achieved the unenviable record of having the highest VD rate in Bomber Command, far higher among fliers than ground crew.
Harris chose to interpret succumbing to such frailties as a deliberate attempt to escape attacking Germany. He decreed that any man who contracted VD during his “tour” of 30 operations should be obliged to start the whole cycle over again. This order stood until it reached the shocked ears of the Air Ministry and parliament, whereupon it was abruptly countermanded.
Can't say I'm familar with Lindholme - thank goodness!
Details here:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/magazine/...view-5vpp8nkqk