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Old 13th May 2014, 16:33
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Martin Middlebrook gives a good breakdown of Bomber Command tour lengths in "The Nuremburg Raid". IIRC, Miles Tripp in "The Eighth Passenger" also mentions a period when Bomber Command tour lengths were set at 35 operations. Raids after D Day in Occupied Europe originally counted as 1/2 an op unless they crossed a certain longitudinal line, although I believe that later changed. Of course, in any case an operation had to meet certain requirements in order to "count". Interesting point about the losses among crews starting out on a second tour, too. We could have a great discussion about that.

An 8th Air Force tour was 25 missions.

Hope this helps a bit.
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