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Re: Axis fighters lost to Allied bombers
My understanding was that the number of fighters brought down during the Schweinfurt raid, and attributable to bomber gunners, was six. This suggests that the figure should not be 10% but considerably less. I believe I have seen 2-5% suggested, for massive daylight raids. I've seen no similar figure for night missions, but because of the 1-on-1 nature I would expect it to be nearer the dayfighter average of about one in three.
It would be interesting to see a good analysis, but attempting to compile a reasonably accurate wartime total would be a massive, and thankless, task.
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