Bomber Command Casualties

3rd September 1939 - 9th May 1945

 

Source: Bomber Command 1939-1945, by Richard Overy, published 1997

 

Updated: January 2008

Total RAF, WAAF, Dominion & Allied Air Crew Operational Losses

AIR CREW

Operational

3 Sept, 1939

To

2 Sept. 1940

3 Sept. 1940

To

2 Sept. 1941

3 Sept. 1941

To

2 Sept. 1942

3 Sept. 1942

To

2 Sept. 1943

3 Sept. 1943

To

2 Sept. 1944

3 Sept. 1944

To

8 May 1945

Total

3 Sept. 1939

To

9 May 1945

Operational (killed)

216

659

727

820

1550

1610

5582

Presumed Dead

1150

2786

5819

11302

14933

5549

41548

POW (Died)

6

15

31

31

43

12

138

Missing (Now safe)

43

38

186

496

1178

927

2868

POW (Now safe)

419

906

1437

246

3596

960

9784

Wounded (Safe)

269

600

786

871

1030

644

4200

Total RAF, WAAF, Dominion & Allied Air Crew Non-Operational Losses

AIR CREW

Non-Operational

3 Sept, 1939

To

2 Sept. 1940

3 Sept. 1940

To

2 Sept. 1941

3 Sept. 1941

To

2 Sept. 1942

3 Sept. 1942

To

2 Sept. 1943

3 Sept. 1943

To

2 Sept. 1944

3 Sept. 1944

To

8 May 1945

Total

3 Sept. 1939

To

9 May 1945

Non-Operational (Killed)

383

774

1382

1933

2413

1205

8090

Wounded

217

535

786

1112

1070

483

4203

Died (Other causes)

15

26

39

36

58

41

215

Missing (Now safe)

8

12

14

21

19

9

83

POW (Now safe)

4

20

12

8

6

4

54

Total RAF, WAAF, Dominion & Allied Ground Crew

GROUND CREW

3 Sept, 1939

To

2 Sept. 1940

3 Sept. 1940

To

2 Sept. 1941

3 Sept. 1941

To

2 Sept. 1942

3 Sept. 1942

To

2 Sept. 1943

3 Sept. 1943

To

2 Sept. 1944

3 Sept. 1944

To

8 May 1945

Total

3 Sept. 1939

To

9 May 1945

Killed

157

111

90

108

52

12

530

Wounded

96

162

121

156

150

74

759

Died (Other causes)

93

176

188

211

204

168

1040

Missing (Now safe)

15

2

7

2

-

-

26

POW (Now safe)

30

7

2

11

2

-

52

RAF and WAAF Air Crew Operational Losses

AIR CREW

Operational

3 Sept, 1939

To

2 Sept. 1940

3 Sept. 1940

To

2 Sept. 1941

3 Sept. 1941

To

2 Sept. 1942

3 Sept. 1942

To

2 Sept. 1943

3 Sept. 1943

To

2 Sept. 1944

3 Sept. 1944

To

8 May 1945

Total

3 Sept. 1939

To

9 May 1945

Operational (killed)

216

565

478

536

1031

900

3726

Presumed Dead