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Old 9th February 2014, 03:40
Horst Weber Horst Weber is offline
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Re: Total Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot Casualties

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Originally Posted by kaki3152 View Post
In the book "A Higher Call" by Adam Makos,there is a statement by Franz Stigler:"Of 28,000 German fighter pilots, only 1200 survived the war"

This is a survival rate of roughly 4% which seems a little high. Can anyone verify?

BTW, the book is well written for a general public type of publication and gives a good history of Franz Stigler (II/JG-27,IV/JG-27 and JV-44) in WWII. There are some erroneous facts and dates but overall, a welcome addition to my library.

Oh wow !

This seems to start a rough discussion.

My basic-school teacher was a Bordfunker in a German Nachtjäger unit (believe Bf 110) and he survived WW 2.

What's with him ?

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Horst Weber
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