That says a huge amount when you think he still had 70 years of life after the war but still chose to be with his crew mates rather than family.

Reminds me of one of my WW2 veterans that I flew to Project Propeller a year or so ago. He was one of two survivors from his Lancaster crew, shot down on only his fourth mission, remaining crew went to their deaths in their Lancaster.
He said he has tried to live as full a life as possible experiencing as much as he can for his fallen comrades who all died so young and never got the chance. The Lancs skipper was 26, youngest crew member 19 the others aged between. Normans crew are interred in Germany far from home.