2006-10-30 02:42:35 · 6 answers · asked by Brian C 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
If you were a pilot in the RAF during WW2 bravo. I commend you. Because you guys were in some pretty deep sh*t at the start of the war. Out-numbered and out-planed you did the impossible.
Now...I would think if you contact the Royal Military Museum or some place that handles all the old records of the RAF you'd be able to get a close to accurate number for training deaths.
Good luck!
2006-10-30 02:56:29 · answer #1 · answered by Quasimodo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't give you a number but I do know that my grandfather was conscripted in the last year of the war and he said while training in Northern England his plane was shot down more times than in the actual war. He was with the Canadian forces though. If was he says is true I imagine it to be quite a high number. Also, much of the equipment they were using in training was deemed unfit for combat but good enough to train with. Thus, I have heard many stories at the legion of wings, wheels, etc. falling off planes so I'm sure that claimed a few lives. Remember that there were several other people besides the pilot in the plane--navigators, gunners, etc. so the answer may vary based on how many RAF personnel dies in training or how many pilots.
2006-10-30 10:56:04 · answer #2 · answered by AJ F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My great-uncle Joseph Bell for one. He was killed in his second week of training after having just graduated for Westpoint.
2006-10-31 09:44:03 · answer #3 · answered by lani 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I want to be like you. I'll not mind if I'm killed in training.
2006-10-30 10:50:57 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. Robi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thank you. You did your part.
Now, there are better things to think about at this stage in your life.
2006-10-30 11:23:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
during that time period there were just a little bit more than today.
2006-10-30 11:04:40 · answer #6 · answered by eli_prkns 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋