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Originally Posted by drgondog
Why do Luftwaffe apologists always believe they were badly outnumbered by USAAF escorts? Is that the only way to explain defeat? Is it possible that they were consistently outfought - fighter to fighter - from November 1943 forward?
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Explain their defeat? You don't know? They were hammered into submission by the USAAF, combined with idiotic decessions from Goring/Hitler. Simple I would think.
As far as documents.. well, I do not know where Mr. Murawski got the information for his books, other then First Hand accounts from Luftwaffe fighter pilots, Second hand accounts, Units diaries and so forth.
Recent coversation with a good friend of mine:
"So where are we? only talking about p-51? I don't think so, more then a P-51 threat in the skies of Germany. More then just Allied fighters. Its the whole. And pilots think.. what to do? Engage escorts, engage heavies? Sometime you make the decission, sometimes the USAAF makes the decission. Either way I thought, this might be my last day. Either way, you can't make the right decission. Either way you just fight to live."
He went on about 2:1, 5:1, 10:1 ( including bombers ). But I think I missed the point of numbers. I just remember the sacrifice. My mistake and appologies for bring it up, carry on.
