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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.
thanks

And have you got the same statistics for the US heavies for the same
operation theatre ?
That would be interesting to compare...

A good book is The Mighty Eighth by Roger Freeman
also
The United States Strategic Bombing Survey

Both books are difficult to find.

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