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Re: FC rotation system?
In one "fictionalised" account, a Typhoon pilot in 2 TAF late 1944 was tapped on the shoulder and told he was going home, which suggests that even then there was no set number but that judgement was used. Doubtless, as you suggest, under the eye of the unit MO.
I recall that Al Deere left the airforce because of the need to balance his near-continuous front-line service with a long series of staff jobs, and he hated the idea of being away from flying. This suggests him as a likely contender for one of the record holders in this matter. I believe that a rule of thumb is 100 or so sorties per tour, which suggests that many of the late-war Wing Leaders would be around the three hundred figure.
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