KemppiFrog
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I suspect that the chances of being shot were actually fairly slim; fighters (on all sides) only carried enough ammo for a few seconds of firing, they would tend to aim for the engines on a bomber (as you can see in plenty of aerial footage that gets shown). I imagine that fire or impact with Mother Earth killed most of the crewmen. Not that any of the options is exactly preferable...
You might consider Erich Hartmann's score of 352 victories......