CptES t1_jci7utc wrote
Reply to comment by reaverdude in A World War II airman's "piloting skill" helped save 7 soldiers from a crash in 1944. His remains have now been identified. by DICHOTOMY-REDDIT
The bomber crews in particular suffered an absolutely ferocious rate of losses. The UK's RAF Bomber Command had a 44% fatality rate through the war while a full 50% of the USAAF's casualties were in the Eighth Bomber Command alone.
It's a good job those men were bomber crew, no other aircraft would have been able to carry the sheer size and weight of their balls in the first place.
Dedpoolpicachew t1_jcj0rr1 wrote
On the German side it was the U-bootwaffe that had the highest casualty rate 75%. For the US it was the Submarine force, 20%.
Miserable_Law_6514 t1_jcjl7z9 wrote
You had a better survival rate on the ground in France or Germany than you did in the air in a bomber.
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