help please

[happy daze john in oz]

No of course you wont because its not true.

Regards
Hugh

I was lead to believe that the British MN lost the most of any MN. But waht of other UK casualties, Army, Navy, Airforce. do you have any corrcet numbers, would be appreciated.

[Hugh]

Hello John,
My comment was directed at the following:

nowhere can you find a mention of the fact that the british lost far more souls in this war than any other country.

I cannot comment on the actual casualty breakdown of the individual units who served including the Merchant Navy but the quote above to my mind suggests the British lost the most people in the conflict which is clearly not the case.

Regards
Hugh

[Captain Kong]

The post No. 21 says what the casualty rate was for all the nations involved in the Korean war, But there was no mention of the MN or a seperate casualty list for them. Maybe that is the total including MN. 160,365 casualties.
Brian

[happy daze john in oz]

Hello John,
My comment was directed at the following:

I cannot comment on the actual casualty breakdown of the individual units who served including the Merchant Navy but the quote above to my mind suggests the British lost the most people in the conflict which is clearly not the case.

Regards
Hugh

Thanks for that HUgh. Maybe the BMN lost the most seamnen and maybe thta is where it comes from. But I would have thought Russia or Germany could have lost more men overall.

[Bob McGahey]

I understand the figures quoted were for the Korean war, 1950's

The ww2 losses are not involved so Russia & Germany non participating.


Bob McGahey Qld.

[jayne hobson]

my dad served on the dunkery beacon in the 50s travelled to austrailia n south korea on her ,trying to find a few mates that remember him n his mate arty who died on the dunkery beacon my dads name was henry hobson (harry and h ) the nick names for him ,would love to find anyone who as served on her or knew arty or my dad , a enthralled daughter

[Doc Vernon]

Hello Jane
I know its hard to try and get info on ones Dads ,but to try and assist us more,where was he Born and what Year!
Do you have his discharge Book Dtails at all?
Would you want it if it was available?
Hopefully it may still exist at Kew or some place else,so a wee bit more info would assist in helping you!
Cheers and Welcome to the site!
Doc

[Keith at Tregenna]

my dad served on the dunkery beacon in the 50s travelled to austrailia n south korea on her ,trying to find a few mates that remember him n his mate arty who died on the dunkery beacon my dads name was henry hobson (harry and h ) the nick names for him ,would love to find anyone who as served on her or knew arty or my dad , a enthralled daughter

Thanks for coming back and reminding us: As Doc says have you any further info ?

Will look at all again over he weekend. Stay interactive it helps much. k,

[len mazza]

I know I am being pedantic, but what was classed as a missile in 51/52?I have read a fair few accounts of the Korean War and can't imagine NK.having missles,Chinese favourite armament was a bag of grenades!.

[robpage]

In a modern military, a missile is a self-propelled guided weapon system, as opposed to an unguided self-propelled munition, referred to as just a rocket (weapon) . Missiles have four system components: targeting and/or guidance, flight system, engine, and warhead. Missiles come in types adapted for different purposes: surface-to-surface and air-to-surface missiles (ballistic, cruise, anti-ship, anti-tank, etc.), surface-to-air missiles (anti-aircraft and anti-ballistic), air-to-air missiles, and anti-satellite missiles. All known existing missiles are designed to be propelled during powered flight by chemical reactions inside a rocket engine, jet engine, or other type of engine. Non-self-propelled airborne explosive devices are generally referred to as shells and usually have a shorter range than missiles

Missiles used by Germany in World War II were


Surface-to-Surface missiles

The V-1 cruise missile was used operationally against London and Antwerp. The V-2 ballistic missile was used operationally against London, Antwerp, and other targets. The Rheinbote was fired against Antwerp.
V-1 flying bomb
V-2 rocket
RheinbotA4b
Ruhrstahl X-7 (Rotkäppchen) Guided anti-tank missile.

Surface-to-Air missiles

Germany developed a number of surface-to-air missile systems, none of which were used operationally:
Enzian (Gentian)
Rheintochter (Rhine Daughter) (an air-to-air variant was also planned)
Schmetterling (Butterfly) (an air-to-air variant was also planned)
Wasserfall (Waterfall)
Feuerlilie (Fire Lily

Air-to-Air missiles

R4M rocket (unguided air-to-air rocket)
Werfer-Granate 21 (unguided air-to-air variant of the Nebelwerfer rockets)
Ruhrstahl X-4 (guided; anti-tank variants of this were also designed, such as the X-7 and X-10)

Anti-ship missiles

Anti-ship missiles were used operationally against allied shipping in 1943, notably in the Mediterranean Sea:
Fritz X anti-ship missile
Henschel Hs 293 air-to-ship gliding guided bomb

So if the Germans had them in 1945 , the Russians would have had the technology , they would have shared some with their Chinese allies , The Americans certainly had air to air capabilities during the Korean War