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Bomber Crews

For bomber crews, the war held little glamor. Approximately 25 percent of all Canadians who died during the war were from Bomber Command. Marked by boredom interspersed with moments of sheer terror, missions were always dangerous and casualties staggering. Chances of survival were slim for aircrews shot down over enemy territory. Parachuting to the ground guaranteed neither survival nor safety. Bomber crews sometimes became the victims of hostile German civilians or endured imprisonment in a Stalag Luft, a prisoner of war camp for aircrews.