[Juha]

Hello
II./Schl.G 1 summary of ops – 1942 from Pegg’s Hs 129 book
at that time the Hs 129s of the Gruppe seldom carried the 30mm cannon and vast majority of Hs 129 ops were bombing and strafing attacks, ie same type of ops as were those flown by unit’s Hs 123s and Bf 109Es

Hs 129 3.138 sorties
Hs 123 1,532 sorties
Bf 109 1.938 sorties

Bombs dropped 1,386,5 tonnes

Casualties:
Hs 129 20
Hs 123 5
Bf 109 16

Soviet a/c destroyed:
52 shot down
55 destr. on ground

Tank claims and M/T destroyed:
91 tanks
1,081 light M/T
273 other vehicles

Not so big difference in loss rates between Hs 129 and Bf 109E and the loss rate of Hs 123 was only about the ½ of that of Hs 129. No wonder that in 1943 von Richthofen wanted the Hs 123 production restarted.

Juha