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and how brave the crews were that flew them . Dusty
I read somewhere that the 8th Air Force in WWII had more casualties than the Navy and Marines in the Pacific Combined.
Something like 55,000 airmen were lost over Europe. 6000 B-17's were destroyed in accidents and combat. The USA appears to have lost more aircraft than any other combatant nation in WW2. Figures vary but close to 80,000 total. I believe the majority were accidents..
Great pics. My oldest friend's father flew B-17s during the war and survived a crash landing. He just passed last year. When we were kids he took my buddy and I for a tour in the B-52 that he flew, man that thing was cramped inside. There's a B-25 stationed at the local airport about 2 miles from my house. I frequently get flyovers.
Not even close. The Russians lost more of everything that anyone else. 150,000 aircraft or so. The Russians lost more men just in the Battle of Kiev that the USA lost in all of World War II in all theaters. Anyone ever heard of the Battle of Kiev? Most haven't.Which is why Russian textbooks barely mention the USA in their histories of the war. Our losses were like 4% of theirs, negligible in their minds ....Just something to consider. Lannis