"Recent analyses from academic British sources demonstrate that of 153 British military pilots, who died while flying between August 1914 and December 1915, 89 (58%) were killed in action or died of their wounds soon after being shot down, and 64 (42%) perished from injuries suffered in training or operational mishaps. This article reviews the history of early British and American military aeromedical services, and proposes replacement of the 90-8-2 statistic with a ratio of 58:42." [1]

   

   

Compiled by Jan-Philipp Birkhoff and Etienne Ludwig.