[Milsurplus] "Lancaster"

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 1 Oct 2017 at 4:52, Hubert Miller wrote:

> 
>     I see that "Lancaster", which I wrote about earlier, is a 12 ½ minute short film memorializing 
>     "Bomber Command" crews.
>     Looks like a pretty high loss rate.
>     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSXiny5mEpg
>      
>     -H

Thanks for that.

The loss rate in ALL bomber crews was horrendous. That includes US crews.

According to this site:

http://www.taphilo.com/history/8thaf/8aflosses.shtml

The 8th AF alone suffered 30,000 killed.

There were 15,500 fatalities and 7100 aircraft lost in training accidents.

I remember reading somewhere that the loss rate for U.S. bomber crews was well above the 
loss rate for any other service. Some figure over 50% comes to mind, but is probably wrong.

Ken W7EKB

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