[PeterPrinciple]

New Yorker Kill in Air Crash - Sioux City Iowa

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There were more home training crashes than we think about. The following might give a little perspective for some:

http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/bomber-crash-memorial-created/article_445dbc88-0af3-5874-8a6b-3238662b3c2a.html

I could not find any reference to this crash near Sioux City but did find this Report summarizing all 1944 state side crashes, it will make you think.

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Dec1944S.htm

[PeterPrinciple]

Reading through the above LONG list of domestic training accidents, 10 B29’s crashed, 3 in one day. The list is only for ONE MONTH.

For the moment, pretend you are the officer receiving those reports. I am sure they were classified.

[PeterPrinciple]

there were 6,350 fatal Army Air Force airplane crashes in the U.S. from 1941 to 1945, resulting in 15,531 fatalities, 1,358 serious injuries and 7,114 planes destroyed or damaged.

Compare those figures with 8,000 bombers lost over Europe in World War II and 29,000 airmen killed.

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From the Sioux City article in case anyone missed it.