I respect military aviators of all nations for their courage and fortitude in times of conflict, but I do not think it is appropriate for you to misrepresent your uncle's volar as the pinnacle of selfless sacrifice, especially as appeals to patriotism are doubly inappropriate in the case of the airmen who dropped millions of tons of explosive and incendiary munitions on defenseless civilians whose deaths by the thousands ultimately had little to no bearing on the outcome of the war. The strategic bombing campaign over Japan was a shameful war crime that Curtis LeMay should have gone to the gallows for and it will always be an indelible stain on the history of the USAAF. Those who followed their orders and flew those missions did show great courage in risking life and limb in the line of duty, but let us not deceive ourselves as to the scale of the death and destruction they wrought upon their fellow human beings.
For some people, befehl ist befehl, but we should hold ourselves to a higher standard.