John Campbell wrote in message .. .
Wayne Allen wrote:

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I also don't get the 351 planes and 2233 crew lost by the allies in
defense. Lost
how? Other than getting too close when shooting a ton of explosives
(weekend-spoiler)
what was the problem? 351 planes lost in 2 1/2 months is either a nutty
misprint or
criminal negligence.

From early 1944 onwards there was a concerted effort to knock out the
launching sites which required precision bombing ie medium/low/dive
bombing. The flak did the rest

IIRC they tried radio-controlled bombers (obsolete marks of B17 rings
a bell) on the ski-sites? A vast effort was expended trying to knock
these out and perhaps an even greater one on the modified sites.
Something over 60000 bombing sorties and over 100000 tons of bombs.
I'm speaking from a poor memory now - that may include the bombing of
the concrete V2 bunkers and even the V3 site.