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Re: Jewish airmen in WWII
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Originally Posted by Steve_Fossey
As a first approximation I would expect that the number of Jewish aircrew in the USAAF would be the same as the percentage of the US population that was Jewish. I'm sure the information is out there somewhere, but I couldn't find it.
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I seem to remember seeing either an Air Force or Army list with religions. IIRC it showed slightly lower relative percentage, but I can't make any definite statement. I'll look around, I may still be able to dig up these numbers.
Almost certain it was an Army Air Force statistic.
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