Which U.S. military service were you more likely to get killed in during World War II?
U.S. Army Air Force
The VIII U.S. Army Air Force had 48,000 casualties out of a total of around 350,000 total who served in the unit during WW2, but that number is a bit misleading because the casualties were almost all aircrew and the total includes ground and air crews. Bomber units had particularly bad casualty rates, around 50% was typical, but the earliest crews fared the worst. Only around 20% of the bomber crews who served with the 8th in 1942-43 survived unscathed, they had the highest casualties of any major outfit in the war on the American side.Here is a link to the VIII's official fact sheet: http://www.mightyeighth.org/Library/PDFs/8thAFfacts.pdf
For simplicity's sake, let's say about 2.5% of all those who served having died in the line of duty, with the individual services registering 2.8% of Army personnel, 1.5% of Navy personnel, and 3.7% of all Marines. The 8th Army AF- 26000 kia / 350,000 total personnel in WWII = 7%
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