Air Force paid high price in World War II
During World War II, many lost their lives; estimates ranged from 40 million to over 60 million people, depending on the site you look up.
Deaths were the result of direct combat, civilian deaths from bombing, etc. These figures include Europe, Russia, China and Japan.
The following facts that I am going to mention are about the 8th Air Force, stationed in England that were bombing France and Germany during the war. They started bombing in August 1942, flying mostly B-17s, B-25 Liberators, and later B-29s. They had to fly 25 missions and then they were finished. However,this comes from books and a now-deceased friend of mine who was a World War II pilot, Cliff Rankin. who lived to be 98.
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