I Must Not Burn: The Bombing of Dresden 1945
Conflicted: A History Podcast
The Bomber Crew
To be in a bomber crew was to wake up every morning with the knowledge that you would likely die within weeks. Forty per cent of the men who joined bomber command were killed, maimed or captured. It wasn't uncommon for seats to be hosed out to clear the interior of all the blood and viscera from members of the crew who had been hit by bullets or shrapnel. And then they'd have to do it all over again a few days later, week after week, month after month.
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