Bomber Command aircrews suffered a high casualty rate : of a total of 125,000 aircrew , 57,205 were killed ( a 46 percent death rate ) , a further 8,403 were wounded in action .
9,838 became prisoners of war .
Bomber Command aircrews suffered a high casualty rate : of a total of 125,000 aircrew , 57,205 were killed ( a 46 percent death rate ) , a further 8,403 were wounded in action and 9,838 became prisoners of war .