That meant he carried on and when someone at the last moment dropped out, he dropped in; it was more or less par for the course that, by the end of 1944, a very large number of Pathfinders had notched up 70 or more sorties.
That meant he carried on and when someone at the last moment dropped out, he dropped in; it was more or less expected that, by the end of 1944, a very large number of Pathfinders had notched up 70 or more sorties.