He was not worried about himself.

[**The following is in regards to crew members of B-17 and B-24 bombers flying missions out of Italy during World War II.**] >Many crew members, including pilots, were wounded even though their planes got back to base. They were hit by flak or German machine guns. When flight surgeons talked to one squadron commander who “flopped on us” after some brutal missions, they learned he “was not worried about *himself*. He had not gone yellow; he was perfectly willing to see himself expended. But he simply couldn’t bring himself to the point of taking another crew into combat, and then losing some of them. It had happened too often.” __________________________ **Source:** Ambrose, Stephen E. “The Fifteenth Air Force.” *The Wild Blue: The Crews of the B-24*. Simon & Schuster, 2002. 111. Print.