Staggering Cost in Human Lives in WW2, This listing relates to Allied aircrew 1939 – 1945, Check List of Pages To Explore to see the many other listings we offer, 08th November 1939 54 Squadron Spitfire I K9886 Sgt, Cole, 102 Squadron Whitley III K8950 DY-M …
Bomber Losses: USAAF vs RAF
Life And Death In Bomber Command During WW2
Bomber Command Losses
Still heavy losses, since roughly 55,000 US airmen were lost over Europe, It’s probably less since many USAAF bombers didn’t have 10 crew members, only 9, If that is how many bombers the USAAF lost including both B-17’s and B-24’s, then their losses were actually quite lower than the RAF night bombers, which was 10,000 night bombers lost,
Aussie WWII bomber casualties were high
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ww2 bomber casualties
1,613, Likes Received: 40, Location: London, UK, Total Bomber Command losses by the end of the War were as follows, Avro Lancaster 4171, Handly Page Halifax 2627, Vickers Wellington 1970,
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Equipment losses in World War II
Bomber Command’s Losses The successes of Bomber Command were purchased at terrible cost Of every 100 airmen who joined Bomber Command 45 were killed 6 were seriously wounded 8 became Prisoners of War and only 41 escaped unscathed at least physically, Of the 120,000 who served, 55,573 were killed including over 10,000 Canadians,
Approximately 5,000-6,500 men suffered serious disorders and an unknown, possibly much larger, number experienced lesser symptoms, Simple treatments such as lots of food, rest and relaxation were successful in many cases and about a third of all casualties eventually returned to operations,
Total fatal casualties to aircrew 55500 Prisoners of war including many wounded 9838 Wounded in aircraft which returned from operations 4,200 Wounded in flying or ground accidents in U K 4203 Total wounded, other than prisoners of war 8,403 Total aircrew casualties 73,741′
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| Losses Database – International Bomber Command Centre | losses,internationalbcc,co,uk |
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| Royal Air Force combat reports 1939-1945 – The National | www,nationalarchives,gov,uk |
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Bomber Command’s Losses – Bomber Command Museum of Canada
The IBCC Losses Database records the details of 58,438 Bomber Command deaths throughout its existence 1936-1968, including pre-war and post-war losses, It provides one of the most comprehensive records of these losses in the world, including an ever-increasing amount of biographical information and photographs,
In the March 1944 raid on the German city of Nuremberg, Bomber Command lost 545 people, with a total death toll of 55,573 for the war, Of the …
Horrific WWII Statistics
World War II casualties
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Bomber Command losses September 1939 – May 1945: 47268 men killed on operations Another 8303 killed in flying or training accidents total 55,571 Another 1570 groundcrew and WAAFs lost their lives from other causes, Patrick Bishop: Bomber Boys 55,573 aircrew from Bomber Command were killed, A further 9,784 were shot down and taken prisoner, Source: Max Hastings: Bomber Command
RAF Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War
On average 6,600 American servicemen died per month during WWII about 220 a day By the end of the war over 40,000 airmen were killed in combat theatres and another 18,000 wounded Some 12000 missing men were declared dead, including a number “liberated” by the Soviets but never returned,
Loss of Lives in the Air War
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