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People can go up above and note things like JG26 was not in Germany, They were in Holland, lying right across the bomber approach routes. Pitiful. Walt |
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Concerning LW fighter strength losses etc:
Total German Aircraft losses Fighters only by front 1943: Westren Front: 3,728 Eastren Front : 1,099 From Jan - June 1943 the average monthly attition rate* fighters only was 19.9%, bombers 16% etc. *See:*See: Wiliamson Murray. Strategy For Defeat p.182 In July 1943 the LW lost *335 SE fighters in the West, 18.1% of total available SE fighter force, & 16% of SE fighter pilots. *See: ibid. p. 181 By the end of August 1943 the LW lost 248 SE fighters in the West*, 16.2% of the total available fighter force, & 15.6% of SE fighter pilots. & 86 twin engine fighters, 11.6% of the twin engine day/night fighter force). *See: ibid. p.182 In 1943 the German aircraft industry produced* 64% more AC then ever before with 125.2% increase in Fighter production, & 31.4% increase in bomber production. For the first time in the war the industry produced 1000 fighters, by July production had reached 1,263 fighters. *See: ibid. p.188 Yet despite this production increase the number of AC in front line units all fronts decreased Ie, *German Authorized Fighter only Strength 1943: actual frontline strength in ()'s: May 31 1943 - 2,016 (1,786) 88.6% June 30 1943 - 2,172 (1,849) 85.1% July 31 1943 - 2,172 (1,528) 70.3% Aug 31 1943 - 2,228 (1,581) 71% *See: ibid. p.188 September 1943* cost the LW in the West 275 fighters (17.4% of total available fighter force) & 284 in October (17.2% of total available fighter force). October cost the Germans no less then 41.9% of their fighter force. See: ibid. p.225 The below excerpt from an memo from General der flieger Galland , under pressure from Georing concerning Octobers performance is interesting: The fighter and heavy formations have not been able to secure decisive success in air defense against American four engined formations. The introduction of new weapons... has not appreciably changed the situation. The main reason for the failure is that the Kommandeure and Kapitane (sic) do not succeed in secureing attacks in close formation up to the shortest ranges... In November 1943 fighter production from factories, and returns from depots; was only 78% of July. fighter Production dropped to 54.4% in December. In November the Germans wrote off 21% of their available fighter force from battle damage & non combat losses, in December it rose to 22.8%. In Novermber 1943 10% of the fighter pilots in the West were lost, in December 10.4% etc. From Jan - Dec 1943 the LW averaged 2,105 full & partialy trained pilots each month. vs losses of 2,967 pilots KIA/MIA/WIA in the West alone. *German Authorized Fighter only Strength Sept - Dec 1943 All fronts: actual frontline strength in ()'s: Sept 30 1943 - 2,228 (1,646) 73.9% Oct 31 1943 - 2,228 (1,721) 75.2% Nov 30 1943 - 2,244 (1,789) 79.7% Dec 31 1943 - 2,244 (1,561) 69.6% *See: ibid. p.233 In November 1943* 8th AF raids began in increased intensity throughout November despite the losses from the October Schweinfurt' raid, Ie, Bremen was hit by 491 B-17s , December 11 523 bombers hit Emden, Dec 13 649 bombers hit targets in Germany, December 16, 535 hit Bremen, Dec 20 472 hit Bremen again, Dec 22 Osnabruck & Munster, Dec 30th 650 bombers hit Ludwigshafen etc. See: ibid p.232 In January 1944* the LW fighter force in the West wrote off 30.3% of the SE fighter force & 16.9% of its pilots. In Febuary 1944 33% of its SE fighter force, 17.9% of its pilots, in March 1944 56.4% of its SE fighter force, and 22% of its pilots etc. *See: ibid. p.243 Another quote a Galland report to LWHQ in early 1944 is interesting as well*: The ratio in which we fight today is 1 to 7. The standard of the Americans is extraordinarily high. The day fighters have lost more then 1000 aircraft during the last four months, among them our best officers. These gaps cannot be filled. Things have gone so far that the danger of a collapse of our arm exists. *See: Overy Richard. Why the Allies Won p.124 Regards, John Waters |
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