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The loss of 900 crew will be felt but I don't think by that much.


It's a first class disaster.
- Those are among the best and most experienced men, a whole generation of upcoming flight and squadron leaders
- Their absence leadsto more use of raw pilots, increasing losses along them (and thus stretching training a little more)
- 900 has to be compated to the number of ready crews in 1939-40....