CWGC Statistics (Air Forces Only)

[Resmoroh]

Hello All,
The most illuminating info in the thread is at Post#3. The Age at Death. The plotted curve shows a max at age 21. As I approach my declining years I find that the policepersons, doctors, pharmacists, council officials, etc, etc, are beginning to look more like 5th Formers out on a days “work experience” than experienced practioners!, and yet it was folk like this who went and did what had to be done at the time.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them!
Peter Davies

[Phil Listemann]

Morning All,

What the CWGC has to offer is basically good and an unavoidable tool but as said, a lot of shortcomings, like there is no Czechowslovaks nor French for example. Personnally I prefer to focus more on the nationality than the Air Force in which the airman enlisted in. Thousands Americans served the RCAF or the RAF, like Irishmen from Eire, or also many Kiwis enlisted in the RAAF instead of the RNZAF (1500), and not to forget thousands of aimen coming from the Dominions who enlisted in the RAF, mainly before the war. We also can find Mexicans in the RCAF. Sadly, and that's a major negative point, there are many cases (too many actually) the place and date of birth or the names of the parents are missing.
Phil

[Errol Martyn]

Hello All,
The most illuminating info in the thread is at Post#3. The Age at Death. The plotted curve shows a max at age 21. As I approach my declining years I find that the policepersons, doctors, pharmacists, council officials, etc, etc, are beginning to look more like 5th Formers out on a days “work experience” than experienced practioners!, and yet it was folk like this who went and did what had to be done at the time.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them!
Peter Davies

From an appendix in Volume Three of my For Your Tomorrow - A record of New Zealanders who have died while serving with the RNZAF and Allied Air Services since 1915 (Volume Three: Biographies & Appendices):

WWII New Zealand aircrew only deaths by age. Includes those who served in RNZAF, RAAF, Fleet Air Arm, etc but excludes those who died as a result of a non-aircraft event.

Age 18 10
Age 19 90
Age 20 308
Age 21 475
Age 22 493
Age 23 501
Age 24 436
Age 25 360
Age 26 315
Age 27 242
Age 28 197
Age 29 171
Age 30 119
Age 31 96
Age 32 72
Age 33 51
Age 34 40
Age 35 19
Ages 36-43 19

Total 4014

57.5% died before their 25th birthday.
All but 89.5% died before their 30th.
Average age = 24.5 years
(compared with 26 years for WWI deaths)

Of these:
born 1896 to prior to WWI 683 (17%)
born WWI (4.8.14-11.11.18) 1328 (33%)
born after WWI to 1925 2003 (50%)

Thus one third were born in one world war only to die in the next.

Errol

[Jagan]

Aircrew commemoration by country. Again probably not an effective way of analysis as we know several missing casualties (And those cremated) in Burma are actually commemorated on the Singapore memorial.

Total %age Cumulative Country
53866 43.3% 43.3% United Kingdom
16812 13.5% 56.8% Germany
8234 6.6% 63.5% France
6142 4.9% 68.4% Netherlands
5100 4.1% 72.5% Egypt
3924 3.2% 75.7% Canada
3203 2.6% 78.2% Belgium
3127 2.5% 80.8% Singapore
2709 2.2% 82.9% Australia
2702 2.2% 85.1% Malta
2461 2.0% 87.1% Italy
2070 1.7% 88.7% India
1263 1.0% 89.8% South Africa
1105 0.9% 90.7% Indonesia
933 0.8% 91.4% Denmark
770 0.6% 92.0% Papua New Guinea
669 0.5% 92.6% Libya
524 0.4% 93.0% Myanmar
489 0.4% 93.4% New Zealand
446 0.4% 93.7% Algeria
444 0.4% 94.1% Zimbabwe
427 0.3% 94.4% Norway
423 0.3% 94.8% Tunisia
379 0.3% 95.1% Poland
378 0.3% 95.4% United States of America
359 0.3% 95.7% Bangladesh
345 0.3% 96.0% Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
341 0.3% 96.2% Serbia
326 0.3% 96.5% New Caledonia
319 0.3% 96.7% Malaysia
317 0.3% 97.0% Greece
300 0.2% 97.2% Iraq
267 0.2% 97.5% Sri Lanka
233 0.2% 97.6% Pakistan
208 0.2% 97.8% Japan
204 0.2% 98.0% Hungary
196 0.2% 98.1% Kenya
164 0.1% 98.3% Thailand
158 0.1% 98.4% Ireland, Republic of
155 0.1% 98.5% Sudan
134 0.1% 98.6% Gibraltar
132 0.1% 98.7% Austria
110 0.1% 98.8% Iceland
99 0.1% 98.9% Sweden
82 0.1% 99.0% Cyprus
81 0.1% 99.0% Romania
79 0.1% 99.1% China, (including Hong Kong)
78 0.1% 99.2% Nigeria
76 0.1% 99.2% Ghana
75 0.1% 99.3% Yemen
74 0.1% 99.3% Eritrea
65 0.1% 99.4% Sierra Leone
63 0.1% 99.4% Spain
53 0.0% 99.5% Bahamas
52 0.0% 99.5% Gambia
45 0.0% 99.6% Azores
43 0.0% 99.6% Lebanese Republic
38 0.0% 99.6% Morocco
38 0.0% 99.7% Czech Republic
35 0.0% 99.7% Switzerland
33 0.0% 99.7% Portugal
33 0.0% 99.7% Syria
27 0.0% 99.8% Iran
26 0.0% 99.8% Tanzania
26 0.0% 99.8% Luxembourg
24 0.0% 99.8% Ethiopia
24 0.0% 99.8% Bulgaria
21 0.0% 99.9% Albania
14 0.0% 99.9% Trinidad and Tobago
14 0.0% 99.9% Faroe Islands
14 0.0% 99.9% Madagascar
11 0.0% 99.9% Fiji
11 0.0% 99.9% Turkey (including Gallipoli)
11 0.0% 99.9% Zambia
10 0.0% 99.9% Liberia
10 0.0% 99.9% Russian Federation
10 0.0% 99.9% Bermuda
10 0.0% 99.9% Equatorial Guinea
8 0.0% 100.0% Djibouti
7 0.0% 100.0% Jamaica
7 0.0% 100.0% Brazil
7 0.0% 100.0% Somalia (including Somaliland)
6 0.0% 100.0% Guyana
5 0.0% 100.0% Mauritania
4 0.0% 100.0% Uganda
4 0.0% 100.0% Chad
3 0.0% 100.0% St. Vincent
3 0.0% 100.0% Namibia
2 0.0% 100.0% San Marino
2 0.0% 100.0% Seychelles
1 0.0% 100.0% Samoa
1 0.0% 100.0% Panama
1 0.0% 100.0% Mali
1 0.0% 100.0% Puerto Rico
1 0.0% 100.0% Argentina
1 0.0% 100.0% Senegal
1 0.0% 100.0% Croatia
1 0.0% 100.0% Congo (Democratic Republic)
124339

[Jagan]

Continent wise (Covers 99.9%)

Europe	91514	73.70%
Mediterranean	12823	10.33%
Asia	8890	7.16%
North America	4524	3.64%
Pacific	3968	3.20%
Rest of Africa	2453	1.98%

Total 124172

Mediterranean includes African and asian countries touchning the med sea. Pacific is Australia, NZ, Japan.. Anything E of Indonesia.