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September 17th 03, 04:11 AM
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Erik Plagen wrote:
"ArtKramr" wrote in message The common wisdom in WW II was that tail gunners and bombardiers suffered the highest casualties among bomber aircrews. Anyone have any actual statistics on aircrew casualties by position in USAAC bombers? 'COMMON WISDOM" OF WHOM? Luftwaffe statistics- Pilots 85% Waist Gunners-8% Dorsal und Ventral Gunners- 3% Upper turret Gunners-2% Navigators- 1 1/2% Nose Gunners/Bomb Togglers.05% Schematische Kriegsgliederung, RH 2. Has also been published in Kurt Mehner's Geheime Tagesberichte der OKW, 12 vols. Erik Overall statistics may or may not be all that helpful- what were the numbers of (for instance) waist gunners flying with the Luftwaffe, and what were their casualty rates compared to the other crew positions in the same aircraft? Different casualty rates for different aircraft, along with the total numbers of each type involved in the overall statistics, make it difficult to come up with a single, overall answer. Mike 
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