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I have read that the British were trying to convince the USAAF to give up daylight precision raids due to the high losses incurred by the Germans. In looking at the high losses that the RAF suffered, their operations didn't look much better. Am I missing something?
it would be good to do a comparison study of the ETO USAF bomber vs Bomber Command losses for a true picture year by year.
small notation the German Luftwaffe night fighter arm shot down some 7100 plus Bomber Command bombers during the war
That means 710,00 airmen were downed by nightfighters alone!
Incredible losses indeed, and I'm sure took quite a toll on the airmen. I'm suprised morale remained so good in the RAF, but I suppose flying by night in an aircraft beats huddling in the mud of the trenchs in WWI.
It's my understanding that morale wasn't terribly good among heavy bomber crews. Switzerland had dozens of Allied heavy bombers parked on airfields by the end of the war. Some of them landed on purpose to opt out of the war.suprised morale remained so good in the RAF
It's my understanding that morale wasn't terribly good among heavy bomber crews. Switzerland had dozens of Allied heavy bombers parked on airfields by the end of the war. Some of them landed on purpose to opt out of the war.
There isn't a whole lot a RAF bomber can do against a radar operated NF it can't even see. The Germans had a considerable NF force that was well equipped and organised. The bombers best defense was to confuse them. Even RAF NF Mossies and Beau's were to little in number to provide adequate defence!