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My father in law passed away this past spring and the family is finishing going through the estate and sorting things, he was an RCAF tailgunner attached to the RAF on Lancasters and a guest of the 3rd Reich for a period of time as a prisoner during the Second World War.
Going through some old papers I found this on a hand written note and thought considering we are approaching Remembrance Day I felt I should share it.
1939 to 1945 RAF Bomber Command
400,000 bombing raids
56,000 Aircrew killed
10,000 were Canadians
8,000 aircraft missing
For every 100 airmen on operations
51 killed in operations
12 became POWs
9 killed in training
3 injured in crashes
1 evaded capture
24 survived physically unharmed
This was only RAF Bomber Command
Lest we forget
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