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Thanks Phil, that's the video that I was referring to.
The second video complements it nicely.

How sad that these fellows had to wait so long for their contribution and sacrifice to be acknowledged. Along similar lines to the way our Vietnam veterans were treated.
As one of the gentlemen in the video said, 'Without Bomber Command there would have been no D-Day'. I'm sure he would be correct. Together with the USAAF who suffered commensurate loses they ensured the Nazis had their hands full prior to the invasion.

That's an appalling number of fatalities in training Mike. Aircraft accidents were not uncommon on active service as well. I've just read a book I purchased from Bevan F titled, 'Air War Against Japan 1943-45' and the losses attributable to other than enemy action are quite high. Some of the causes were, mid air collision, fuel management miscalculation, navigation error, weather, blown tyres, engine failure, flight into terrain/trees/masts during low level attack etc. Accidents were always taking a significant toll.

David