[caldrail]

That wasnt written by me it was a story i found online, there is truth to the story though.

About the RAF pilots refusing to fly it? I don't think so. That isn't the behaviour of British servicemen in the 1940's, and I'll illustrate that with an example.

During the course of the allied bomber offensive over occupied Europe, it was increasingly realised that a small number of bomber crews were diverting to neutral countries claiming technical difficulties. Since these crews would be interned there was therefore a suspicion that they were doing so in order to sit out the war in safety, particularly since any investigation would show the relative lack of evidence.

The American response was to issue a memo to fighter squadrons to the effect that if their pilots thought a bomber crew were faking it, they were to shoot it down, though in practice none did.

The British response was typically more stiff-necked. If the authorities suspected a crew of such cowardly behaviour, they stamped their service records 'LMF', or Lack of Moral Fibre, pretty much the same as handing them an official white feather, a stain on their character even after they left the services, and certainly the end of their career prospects.

In fact, if a British pilot had refused to fly a P400, his CO would have torn him to shreds. Something along the lines of "It takes us twelve months to train people like you" or "There's a war on. Of course it's dangerous", and finishing with "Go back and fly it, and I won't say any more."