Certainly not what these guys were doing. Of the two men I mentioned know one was 19, the other was 18. The pilot was 21. Trust me, a great many of men fighting every where in WW2 were teenagers. A lot of them lied about their age so they could enlist.
My Father in Law’s Pilot was 22. You are right about the youth involved here....and they embraced the mission and sought to win.