Let's not forget that there were prominent figures in Bomber Command, not to forget their American counterparts, whose attitude towards any use of bombers for any reason other than their own specific goals came close to bordering on the psychotic.
Or crossed the line in the case of men such as Arthur 'Bomber' Harris, as seen in his response to being told that a set number of bombers would be used as patrol craft against the U-boats due to the unfortunate need to prevent the UK from being starved into surrender.
His response, in which the vast bulk of the bombers were gifts from the US or RAF reserve aircraft not in current use, might have led one to imagine that a peace settlement had been proposed in which the entire manpower of Bomber Command was to be handed over to the Nazis.
Or crossed the line in the case of men such as Arthur 'Bomber' Harris, as seen in his response to being told that a set number of bombers would be used as patrol craft against the U-boats due to the unfortunate need to prevent the UK from being starved into surrender.
His response, in which the vast bulk of the bombers were gifts from the US or RAF reserve aircraft not in current use, might have led one to imagine that a peace settlement had been proposed in which the entire manpower of Bomber Command was to be handed over to the Nazis.