"RVB" wrote in message
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Was this scene pictured for propaganda duties ?
These crafts flew at night actually... no ?

From: The Bomber Command War Diaries b\y Middlebrook and Everitt

Ops statistics Bomber Command 3 Sept 1939-May 7/8 1945.
(2,074 days/nights).

Number of nights with ops:.......................1,481 (71.4% of all nights
during war).
Number of days with ops:..........................1,089 (52,5% of all days
during war).
Number of night sorties.........................307,253, from which 7,953
aircraft (2.6%) were lost.
Number of day sorties:.............................80,163, from which 1,000
aircraft (1.2%) were lost.
Total sorties:.......................................... .387,416, from which
8,953 aircraft (1.2%) were lost.
Approximate bomb tonnage in war:.......955,044 tons
Average per 24-hour period:...................186.8 sorties, 4.3 aircraft
lost, 460.5 tons of bombs dropped.