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Apr 9, 2024
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shoganai
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My understanding is a much higher percentage of airmen never made it home.
During the peak of daylight bombing raids they all took off in the morning knowing that something crazy, like 25% of them would die that day.
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Watching Masters of the air, they had itpretty good compared to band of Brothers
Longseason
Apr 9, 8:35pm
Would rather be European theater than Pacific too
Jericho
Apr 9, 8:42pm
Agreed
Longseason
Apr 9, 8:45pm
It's why the Army had to institute rigorous testing to weed out applicants for
cvd6262
Apr 9, 8:44pm
Not casualty rate. 8th air force bomber crew people had a 65% casualty rate. Second only to uboat crews.
CSoul
Apr 9, 8:45pm
Trade offs for sure.
Longseason
Apr 9, 8:46pm
I think in unbroken they talk about how the overwhelming majority of
The Pope
Apr 9, 9:25pm
My understanding is a much higher percentage of airmen never made it home.
shoganai
Apr 9, 8:51pm
I'd rather be infantry
Gustav
Apr 9, 8:55pm
Aside from the whole dying thing.
russkiejedi
Apr 9, 9:08pm
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