Chorley, William R. Bomber Command Losses 1943

William R. Chorley's authoritative record of Bomber Command losses during the Second World War has been reissued and is now available in a larger format than before. All nine volumes of this legendary work will be available in this series. During the Second World War, 55,573 members of RAF Bomber Command were killed, with a further 18,000 wounded or taken prisoner. Over a third of these losses occurred in a single year 1943. 1943 was also the year that saw the Battle of the Ruhr, the daring attack on the dams, the raids on Hamburg and the secret rocket base at Peenemünde, and the first phase of what proved to be a very tough Battle of Berlin. It was also the year Italy withdrew from the war. This volume contains details of 3,100 individual aircraft losses in the European theatre of war. The entries are listed in chronological order, together with the unit, aircraft type, serial number, crew list and circumstances of the loss. There are also extensive appendices. This sobering record is a testament to the sacrifice of thousands of young men who came from all parts of the British Empire and the occupied countries to help fight for the liberation of Europe from the tyrannical rule of Hitler's Third Reich.