In RAF Bomber Command, 47,268 were killed in action (or died as prisoners of war) and 8,195 in accidents. According to Harris, an estimated 135,000 flew in combat with Bomber Command, a loss rate of 41 percent. Total RAF dead during the war from all causes totaled 101,223, so that Bomber Command deaths amounted to 54.7 percent of all RAF losses.180 Of these, the largest non-British contingent was composed of Canadians, 9,919 of whom died in Bomber Command.181 Total wastage of Bomber Command aircraft from all causes was 16,454.182 American heavy bomber losses against Germany totaled 10,152
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