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Posted On: 08/28/2017 10:09:18 PM
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Re: wowhappens28 #1749
Fascinating. I was always surprised when I heard the scale of the losses in the air war over Germany. Staggering
Stunning that the American and British losses were almost exactly the same. 24K more Americans died in the air war over Europe than died in Vietnam. Mind boggling.
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http://www.taphilo.com/history/8thaf/8aflosses.shtml
The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner
From my mother's sleep I fell into the State,
And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.
Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life,
I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters.
When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose.
-- Randall Jarrell
Stunning that the American and British losses were almost exactly the same. 24K more Americans died in the air war over Europe than died in Vietnam. Mind boggling.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_bombi...rld_War_II
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