“A lot died but what an adventure they had.“
And then he came home to be a letter carrier. He’d perhaps had had enough adrenaline rushes to last his life time. I wonder if he ever flew again as a civilian? Many such pilots never went near a cockpit again in civilian life.
My dad was a b24 pilot. Later on he and a couple guys bought a plane and we would go out on weekends for kicks. Just a little Cessna 180.