Thanks to the continuing efforts of our members and in particular Jon Heyworth, the number of airmen whose cause of death is not known has now dropped into the 3000s!.. with the total standing at 3997
Current Statistics
122432 casualty records in this database.
118435 records (96.74%) are “Accounted for”.
3997 records (3.26%) are still “Unaccounted”.
118435 records (96.74%) are “Accounted for”.
3997 records (3.26%) are still “Unaccounted”.
| Year | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Records | 689 | 6885 | 13036 | 21407 | 29805 | 33068 | 13728 | 2389 | 1425 |
| Accounted | 688 (99.85%) | 6842 (99.38%) | 12731 (97.66%) | 20916 (97.71%) | 29179 (97.90%) | 32330 (97.77%) | 12857 (93.66%) | 1857 (77.73%) | 1036 (72.70%) |
| Unaccounted | 1 (0.15%) | 43 (0.62%) | 305 (2.34%) | 491 (2.29%) | 626 (2.10%) | 738 (2.23%) | 871 (6.34%) | 532 (22.27%) | 389 (27.30%) |
By region.. SEAC and Middle east account for the largest number of unaccounted in terms of percentage.
| Region | Total Casualties | Unaccounted |
|---|---|---|
| Europe | 89176 | 2320 (2.60%) |
| SEAC | 8166 | 1064 (13.03%) |
| Africa – North | 6759 | 245 (3.62%) |
| Africa | 2482 | 142 (5.72%) |
| Middle East | 435 | 114 (26.21%) |
| Mediterranean | 6429 | 95 (1.48%) |
| Pacific | 4587 | 16 (0.35%) |
| Americas | 4398 | 0 (0.00%) |