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Old 23rd February 2010, 03:44
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Re: "Daventry" broadcasts of USAAF + RAF losses

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Originally Posted by Don Caldwell View Post
OK -- the source of the "Daventry" reports that the Luftwaffe relied on is just a rumor at this stage, but I'll check out the BBC site for its historical content.

Don

Hi Don,

a series reports prepared by the OKL FuSt Ic in 1945 for General Koller, and captured as a part of his document cache contains tabulated statistics on Luftwaffe and Allied aircraft losses as diseminated via 'Propaganda'. One of the columns in the Table is 'Reported by Daventry' and it shows for December 1944, 667 losses were admitted. For January 1945, the 'Daventry' losses were 389, of which at 260 were four-engined. See ADI(K) Report 351/1945 for a transcription of the documents.

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Rod
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