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Think about those numbers. They average 1,170 aircraft accidents per month---- nearly 40 a day. (Less than one accident in four resulted in totaled aircraft, however.)
It gets worse.....Almost 1,000 Army planes disappeared en route from the US to foreign climes.
But an eye-watering 43,581 aircraft were lost overseas including 22,948 on combat missions
(18,418 against the Western Axis) and 20,633 attributed to non-combat causes overseas.
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