▁court ▁mart ial . ▁Senior ▁command ers ▁such ▁as ▁Air ▁Vice - Mar sh als ▁Keith ▁Park ▁( 1 1 ▁Group ) ▁and ▁Arthur ▁Harris ▁( 5 ▁Group ▁and ▁later ▁Bom ber ▁Command ) ▁considered ▁it ▁essential . ▁Squadron ▁command ers ▁such ▁as ▁Leonard ▁Ch esh ire ▁viewed ▁it ▁as ▁just ified ▁in ▁a ▁des perate ▁situation . ▁R AF ▁psych iat rist s , ▁while ▁acknowled ging ▁the ▁d eter rent ▁effect , ▁considered ▁it ▁har sh ▁and ▁def ic ient ▁in ▁failing ▁to ▁take ▁account ▁of ▁individual ▁situations . ▁Many ▁Commonwealth ▁countries ▁res ented ▁the ▁application ▁of ▁this ▁procedure ▁to ▁their ▁personnel ▁scattered ▁throughout ▁the ▁R AF . ▁Canadian ▁Air - V ice ▁Marsh al ▁Harold ▁Edwards ▁was ▁particularly ▁critical . ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁war ▁approached , ▁the ▁L M F ▁procedure ▁became ▁polit ically ▁sensitive , ▁and ▁was ▁officially ▁dropped ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 5 . ▁However , ▁the ▁term ▁remained ▁in ▁popular ▁use ▁in ▁the ▁R AF ▁until ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s . ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁Works ▁c ited ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁Category : History ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁Air ▁Force ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁Category : Mil it ary ▁psych iat ry <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁flag ▁of ▁Russia ▁() ▁is ▁a ▁tr icol our ▁flag ▁consisting ▁of ▁three ▁equal ▁horizontal ▁fields : ▁white ▁on ▁the ▁top , ▁blue ▁in ▁the ▁middle , ▁and ▁red ▁on ▁the ▁bottom . ▁The ▁flag ▁was ▁first ▁used ▁as ▁an ▁en sign ▁for ▁Russian ▁merchant ▁ships ▁and ▁became ▁official