[recycled sixtie]

My father was a Lancaster pilot and did two tours of operations. He got the DFC and bar.
He died at age 52 in 1967. He was a heavy smoker. My mother said he was never the same after the war and he never talked about the war. My mother also said he had three aircraft crashes in smaller air force aircraft. He walked away every time.

About ten years ago I met a Mosquito pilot who was a Pathfinder. He was about eighty then and in great shape. Would not be surprised if he was still alive.