[recycled sixtie]

The policy for the US bombers in WW2 was to do daylight bombing and the Commonwealth/RAF was to do night time bombing. The attrition rate for the RAF bombers was five percent so after one tour of operations(20 missions) one flight crew member would in theory be dead or missing in action.

I have not researched the US bomber attrition rate but I would guess it would be higher as daytime flying would make them more visible to enemy fighters and anti aircraft guns. The thinking would be that it was easier to find the target in the daytime.

My father never talked about his wartime experiences but my mother passed on as much info as she knew to me. Thanks to your Uncle Gordon for his service.

Cheers, Guy