Bomber Command
RAF Bomber Command controlled the Royal Air Force's bomber forces from 1936 to 1968. Along with the United States Army Air Forces, it played the central role in the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II.
Steven Jefferson comments…
Interesting so many are listed as buried in the UK (except those on the Runymede Memorial, indicating they were KIA and have no known grave. Many RAF losses occurred in training often due to Navigational errors and or unintentionally flying into clouds stuffed with mountains.
It was certainly a dangerous game before going on ops and progressively more so after. ?If you could survive your first 5-10 trips your chances improved immeasurably but the reaper still hovered.
Per Ardua Astra