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Considering these bombs fell for the most part on population and industry centers that's a lot of damage. My father in law served in Germany during - after WW2 and said it looked like it had been bombed to the stone age. |
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This is interesting, especially as the B-24 was more suceptible to damage than most other mainstream bombers.
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Another interesting fact. Most downed allied pilot received rather good care in Luftwaffe run POW camps. However the few unlucky enough to be captured by the Gestapo were generally tortured and often executed. The Luftwaffe complained but since they were separate agencies nothing was done. |
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27% Survived unscathed 55% KIA 12% POW 3% Injured 2% MIA (on the loose in occupied Europe or interned) Total = 99% accounted for. I assume the missing 1% are lost in the rounding process. I am not sure I believe the numbers as 3% injured seems rather low but it does all add up to 100ish. |
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I'm just reading about the near suicidal first raid by the RAF on German ships near the coast and rivers. The Luftwaffe were slow to intervene because they dismissed the radar operators reports (shades of Pearl Harbour?). They couldn't believe anyone would be so stupid to attack in a cloudless sky! The Luftwaffe were also kept away by their own flak initially. They were also baffled why many of the aircraft didn't drop any bombs. Evidently it was because they were frightened of bombing the land! (I kid you not). |
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They were not used very much, as the Germans found that their nose wheel configuration was unsuitable for operations from grass runways. And then KG 200 was not involved in the testing and evaluation of foreign aircraft. |
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