The German proximity fuse.

Correction time,
Geoffrey Sinclair wrote in message ...
Overall according to the USAAF statistical digest the 8th Air force
flew 1,034,052 heavy bomber sorties, 898,758 considered effective,
losing 2,439 to flak. So between a 0.23 and 0.27% loss rate. The
RAF considered 5% loss rates unsustainable long term and the
USAAF seems to have agreed.


The heavy bomber loss figure is correct but the sortie totals are not,
I managed to use the total sorties for all types, heavy bomber sorties
totalled 332,904 airborne and 274,921 effective, giving loss rates
for heavy bombers to flak guns between 0.73 and 0.89%, depending
whether you use airborne or effective sorties.

Sorry for the error.

Geoffrey Sinclair
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