Thirdly, family / friends in the RAF went to their graves swearing USAAF B-17's Crew wore their parachutes throughout their mission, or if they took them off, were more readily at hand. Statistically there was little prospect of surviving a tour of 30 operations and by 1943, one in six expected to survive their first tour and one in forty would survive their second tour. In the SEAC / PBI theater you were pretty much there for the duration.Įxcerpt from the RAF Bomber Command wiki / Falconer, Jonathan Bomber Command Handbook 1939–1945 p.51 What a tour consisted of changed repeatedly during the war, and was different in different commands.
albeit the number that actually went into a second or third or. Upon completing your operational tour you were sent to a desk job or a training unit thence rotated back into combat. Secondly: the RAF was more "Russian" than most people think. German fighters preferred to attack head-on and aim for the cockpit, and the ball turret gunner could not escape from his position unaided.Īspects of the Combined British and American Strategic Air Offensive against Germany 1939 to 1945.Īn assessment of RAF Bomber Command and the 8th & 9th US Army Air Forces’ Casualties and Losses in World War II. The US Eighth Air Force, which flew far riskier daylight raids over Europe (albeit far less risk of midnight mid-airs) had 135,000 men that flew in combat during the war, and suffered 26,000 killed (a 19.3% death rate) and 23,000 (17%) became prisoners of war.Ĩth Air Force ball turret (ventral) gunners and pilots had the highest casualty rates. In the period prior to D-Day, the fatality rate is close to 65%. If wounded are included in the count, the total casualty rate goes up to 54.3%. We want YOU to join the USAAFThe Bomber Crew USAAF DLC features an iconic American Bomber which holds more Crew than ever, over a brand new campaign set in. and now, of course, I can't find it.īomber Command crews suffered 55,573 killed out of a total of 125,000 aircrew (a 44.5% death rate) and 9,838 (7.9%) became prisoners of war. ? ± largely due to a vast difference in how many successfully parachuted to safety. The reason I punched in Bomber Command was because of the enormous difference in crew survival in USAAF bombers. Statistical Summary of Bomber Command's Operations Furthermore, the authors indicate that 91 airwomen (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) died on duty. These figures come to 55,573 and the authors point out that the discrepancy between the '55,500' reported from the Air Ministry and the '55,573' arrived at from a breakdown of deaths by air force can be explained by the inclusion in the latter of 73 airmen who died from natural causes. On page 711, the authors show a breakdown of aircrew casualties by nationality, and omitting the percentage totals, these are given as: In a footnote, Martin states that the analysis here given was sent to him by letter from the Air Historical Branch, 25th June, 1969, and Appendix 41 of the British Official History, Volume IV, pp. Total wounded, other than prisoners of war 8,403 Wounded in flying or ground accidents in U. Wounded in aircraft which returned from operations 4,200 Liberator bomber is decorated with the Schlitz Golden Girl logo and swastika marks for the number of German planes downed during World War II, The. Prisoners of war, including many wounded 9,838 American ground crew priming and loading 1000-pound bombs into a B-24 Liberator bomber at an Eighth Air Force airfield in England, November 1942. Killed in flying or ground accidents 8,195 Killed in action or died while prisoners of war 47,268 'The Air Ministry was able to compile the following figures up to : The Bomber Crew USAAF DLC features an iconic American Bomber which holds more Crew than ever, over a brand new campaign set in a never before seen Theatre of War!ĭig on for victory while fighting it out with all new enemy fighters and Aces while ensuring that you check on the enemy below, as danger also now comes from the seas as much as it comes from the skies.Turning to the quite invaluable work of Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt in compiling their epic Bomber Command War Diaries and in particular to their analysis of the operational statistics for the period 3rd September, 1939 to 7th-8th May, 1945, the breakdown of aircrew casualties are shown as, and I now quote precisely from what is reported on page 708 of the diaries: Processor: AMD FX-8320 (8 x 3500) or equivalent Processor: AMD Phenom 9850 (4 x 2500) or equivalent Processor: Intel Core i3-6300 (2 x 3800) or equivalent Processor: Intel Core i3-530 (4x3000) or equivalent Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system Learn more about the Bomber Crew: USAAF Model Name
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