I heard he was a bell end too. There was something to do with a prisoner early release thing. Bader's batman could have left PoW camp, but Bader said no. This batman used to carry Batman up and down the stairs every day.
Then he objected to the new Spitfire armament, 2x20 mm cannon and 4x0.303 in Browning machine guns. He kept 8x0.303 machine guns fitted to his Spitfire. Then he was a big supporter of Leigh-Mallory's Big Wing formation. In the early days of the war we lost a lot of pilots and aircraft from using formations that did not work. Part the reason the Polish 303 Hurricane squadron did so well is that they abandoned those flying tactics before everyone else.
My Dad was injured during the War and heard a lot of stories in hospital
he was there until 1947 so he had a lot of time to hear them
I asked him about a few people - including one who came to our house one day
quite a famous person locally - injured in the war - hero and all that
I had noticed that my Dad had introduced him to me (I had answered the door) but then seemed want to be be elsewhere - which was very unusual indeed
My dad explained that some people who were injured in the war - and elsewhere - dealt with it by being a total and complete pain in the whatsit to anyone they regarded as inferior
and they would use their "heroic injuries" as justification and watch as people refused to call them out on it "because he is disabled and a war hero"
This person was one of them
I have words for such people that my Dad would never use - but I am damn sure he would approve of
Bader was also cited as not being a nice person