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by mulmen 649 days ago
The US Air Force didn’t exist in WWII. 350,000 people served in the US Army’s 8th Air Force.

You can get a more detailed breakdown on Wikipedia:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties#mili...

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Yes and the stat refers to bomber crews, not to all the people in that force.