Bomber Harris
Never in British Military history have a group of service personnel been given the most dangerous, and the most awful but necessary wartime task to perform. This resulting in almost 60% casualties if training accidents included, but got little or no recognition as their task was swept under the carpet at the end of the war. Senior Politicians and very Senior RAF Chiefs need to look inwards as it took 70 years or so to give these brave men a decent memorial, if the ones at the top wanted one it could have been done a long time ago.
The most destructive raid of the war as for loss of life was General Curtis Le May fire raid on Tokyo with the loss of 400,000 Japanese civilians using the exact tactics of Harris, but the US Bomber crews in both the Pacific and ETO were fated for their bravery.
Bottom line Harris and Bomber Command Personnel carried the Can and still do today.
Last edited by SCAFITE; 12th Feb 2013 at 13:26.