In his 1986 memoirs, Yeager recalled with disgust that "atrocities were committed by both sides", and said he went on a mission with orders from the Eighth Air Force to "strafe anything that moved". During the mission briefing, he whispered to Major Donald H. Bochkay, "If we are going to do things like this, we sure as hell better make sure we are on the winning side". Yeager said, "I'm certainly not proud of that particular strafing mission against civilians. But it is there, on the record and in my memory". He also expressed bitterness at his treatment in England during World War II, describing the British as "arrogant" and "nasty" on Twitter.
In his 1986 memoirs Yeager recalled with disgust that "atrocities were committed by both sides" and said he went on a mission with orders from the Eighth Air Force to "strafe anything that moved" During the mission briefing he whispered to Major Donald H Bochkay "If we are going to do things like this we sure as hell better make sure we are on the winning side" Yeager said "I'm certainly not proud of that particular strafing mission against civilians But it is there on the record and in my memory" He also expressed bitterness at his treatment in England during World War II describing the British as "arrogant" and "nasty" on Twitter