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

1128

2487

3958

7970

10343

3278

29164

POW (Died)

6

12

22

19

25

6

90

Missing (Now safe)

43

32

113

343

652

463

1646

POW (Now safe)

418

767

957

1718

2397

504

6761

Wounded (Safe)

269

531

501

589

669

376

2935

RAF and WAAF 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)

378

633

915

1294

1400

705

5325

Wounded

216

442

520

763

654

317

2912

Died (Other causes)

15

26

28

23

37

28

157

Missing (Now safe)

8

12

13

21

16

9

79

POW (Now safe)

4

14

5

5

4

-

32

RAF and WAAF Ground Crew Losses

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

RAF = 156

WAAF = 1

190

0

77

1

83

0

43

6

9

2

447

10

Wounded

RAF = 94

WAAF = 1

158

1

108

12

137

10

116

19

131

11

886

81

Died (Other causes)

RAF = 90

WAAF = 1

171

3

160

15

178

22

156

29

131

11

886

81

Missing (Now safe)

RAF = 14

WAAF = 0

2

0

6

0

1

0

23

0

0

0

46

0

POW (Now safe)

RAF = 30

WAAF = 0

7

0

1

0

4

0

1

0

0

0

43

0

Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) 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)

0

24

124

164

270

392

974

Presumed Dead

0

99

888

2091

2752

1405

7235

POW (Died)

0

0

3

10

13

5

31

Missing (Now safe)

0

2

17

97

375

297

788

POW (Now safe)

0

39

201

515

819

269

1843

Wounded (Safe)

0

22

122

164

219

146

673

Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) 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)

0

66

254

359

675

293

1647

Wounded

0

39

126

176

227

91

659

Died (Other causes)

0

0

4

9

13

6

32

Missing (Now safe)

0

0

1

0

2

0

3

POW (Now safe)

0

4

1

0

1

0

6

Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Ground Crew Losses

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

0

0

10

14

2

0

26

Wounded

0

1

0

6

11

7

25

Died (Other causes)

0

0

4

4

12

15

35

Missing (Now safe)

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

POW (Now safe)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) 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)

0

16

36

37

20

37

146

Presumed Dead

5

87

300

439

352

104

1287

POW (Died)

0

1

2

1

2

0

6

Missing (Now safe)

0

0

3

19

23

28

73

POW (Now safe)

0

31

90

92

69

17

299

Wounded (Safe)

0

12

43

40

19

18

132

Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) 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)

3

13

59

63

56

41

235

Wounded

1

9

38

41

40

16

145

Died (Other causes)

0

0

0

2

1

2

5

Missing (Now safe)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

POW (Now safe)

0

0

4

0

1

0

5

Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Ground Crew Losses

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

0

1

0

1

0

0

2

Wounded

0

0

0

1

1

0

2

Died (Other causes)

1

1

0

0

1

0

3

Missing (Now safe)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

POW (Now safe)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) 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)

0

6

41

66

194

218

525

Presumed Dead

0

28

394

580

1305

580

2887

POW (Died)

0

0

1

0

3

1

5

Missing (Now safe)

0

1

22

18

112

115

268

POW (Now safe)

0

8

72

105

285

114

584

Wounded (Safe)

0

6

36

41

96

67

246

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) 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)

0

11

103

146

225

132

617

Wounded

0

13

53

98

111

43

318

Died (Other causes)

0

0

5

1

6

4

16

Missing (Now safe)

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

POW (Now safe)

0

1

1

3

0

0

5

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Ground Crew Losses

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

0

0

1

2

0

0

3

Wounded

0

1

1

1

3

0

6

Died (Other causes)

1

0

0

2

2

1

6

Missing (Now safe)

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

POW (Now safe)

0

0

1

1

1

0

3

South Afrcian Air Force (SAAF) 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)

0

0

0

0

0

4

4

Presumed Dead

0

0

0

1

5

9

15

POW (Died)

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

Missing (Now safe)

0

0

0

0

2

2

4

POW (Now safe)

0

1

0

0

1

8

10

Wounded (Safe)

0

0

0

1

1

3

5

South African Air Force (SAAF) 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)

0

0

0

0

6

1

7

Wounded

0

0

0

0

2

0

2

Died (Other causes)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Missing (Now safe)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

POW (Now safe)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

South African Air Force (SAAF) Ground Crew Losses

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

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Wounded

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Died (Other causes)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Missing (Now safe)

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

POW (Now safe)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other Dominions And Allies (Rhodesia, India, etc) 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)

0

0

0

0

1

2

3

Presumed Dead

0

0

4

1

11

10

26

POW (Died)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Missing (Now safe)

0

0

0

0

2

3

5

POW (Now safe)

0

0

0

2

1

0

3

Wounded (Safe)

0

0

1

0

2

0

3

Other Dominions And Allies (Rhodesia, India, etc) 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)

0

2

1

0

0

2

5

Wounded

0

1

0

0

1

0

2

Died (Other causes)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Missing (Now safe)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

POW (Now safe)

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

Other Dominions And Allies (Rhodesia, India, etc) Ground Crew Losses

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

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Wounded

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Died (Other causes)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Missing (Now safe)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

POW (Now safe)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Polish Air Force (PAF) 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)

0

32

37

16

10

18

113

Presumed Dead

26

52

219

197

103

39

636

POW (Died)

0

0

3

1

0

0

4

Missing (Now safe)

0

2

25

14

5

7

53

POW (Now safe)

0

42

101

31

12

11

197

Wounded (Safe)

0

22

72

24

15

2

135

Polish Air Force (PAF) 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)

1

38

40

42

33

17

171

Wounded

0

21

39

24

22

0

106

Died (Other causes)

0

0

2

1

1

1

5

Missing (Now safe)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

POW (Now safe)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Polish Air Force (PAF) Ground Crew Losses

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

0

0

1

2

1

0

4

Wounded

0

1

0

1

0

0

2

Died (Other causes)

0

1

7

4

2

1

15

Missing (Now safe)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

POW (Now safe)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Allies (other than Poles) 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)

0

11

16

1

24

39

91

Presumed Dead

0

33

56

23

62

124

298

POW (Died)

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

Missing (Now safe)

0

1

6

5

7

12

31

POW (Now safe)

1

18

16

3

12

37

87

Wounded (Safe)

0

7

11

12

9

32

71

Allies (other than Poles) 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)

1

11

10

29

18

14

83

Wounded

0

10

10

10

13

16

59

Died (Other causes)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Missing (Now safe)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

POW (Now safe)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Allies (other than Poles) Ground Crew Losses

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

0

1

0

6

0

1

8

Wounded

1

0

0

0

0

3

4

Died (Other causes)

0

0

2

1

2

9

14

Missing (Now safe)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

POW (Now safe)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other Dominions (Rhodesia, India, etc.) Losses

 

Air Crew Operational Losses

Air Crew Operational Losses

Ground Crew Losses