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Subject B-17 Losses in WW2

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Original Message On the History Channel I learned something that really pulled me up short. It was a show called the "Ball Turret Gunner" and it mentioned at the end that we used 12,351 B-17 bombers in the Second World War.

Of that huge number, 3,500 were shot down over Europe. 3,500? I couldn´t believe my ears and watched the show again later that evening ( The History Channel repeats the same 4-5 shows all day) and it really said 3,500 lost B-17´s over Europe.

I didn´t know our bomber losses were that bad in the Second World War-that´s 28% of ALL B-17´s. And we flew a lot of other bombers besides just the B-17, like the B-24, as well. What about the losses of the B-24?

Does that 3,500 lost B-17´s figure sound too high?

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