There were bomber pilots who did many tours instead of going to training new pilots. In the Army Air Corp. you could be a fighter pilot if you did two tours as a bomber pilot. In the RAF, Guy Gibson did tours in Bomber Command and Coastal Command until he was killed. All military branches has "gun hole" types who fought until the end or the war or to their death. In Japan it was expected of you.

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