"ArtKramr" wrote in message
The common wisdom in WW II was that tail gunners and bombardiers suffered
the
highest casualties among bomber aircrews. Anyone have any actual
statistics on
aircrew casualties by position in USAAC bombers?


'COMMON WISDOM" OF WHOM?

Luftwaffe statistics-

Pilots 85%
Waist Gunners-8%
Dorsal und Ventral Gunners- 3%
Upper turret Gunners-2%
Navigators- 1 1/2%
Nose Gunners/Bomb Togglers.05%

Schematische Kriegsgliederung, RH 2. Has also been published in Kurt
Mehner's Geheime Tagesberichte der OKW, 12 vols.

Erik