[Merlin]

I have in my files some 10.600 names of lost fighter pilots (killed, POW or MIA) between 09.39 and 05.45.

There were roughly 65 fiighter groups (from JG, KG(J) and EJG) disbanded during the last weeks of the war. The last available strength return from Luftflotte 6 dated 26.04.45 gives for the last groups of JG 53 and JG 300 figures from 50 to 71 pilots per group.

If we assume an average strength of only 50 pilots per group, this may result to some 3.300 fighter pilots who survived the war.