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To: Doogle

I read somewhere where RAF bomber crews chances of surviving the war was below 50%.


8 posted on 05/01/2015 11:40:46 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

Of the 110,000 aircrew in Bomber Command, 56,000 were kiled, a los rate of 51 percent, the highest casualty rate of any of the Commonwealth’s armed forces in the war.


10 posted on 05/01/2015 11:46:41 AM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: DoodleDawg
The Lancaster was lightly armed, one reason it flew mostly at night.
20 posted on 05/01/2015 1:13:11 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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