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Old 29th May 2016, 20:53
Andrey Kuznetsov Andrey Kuznetsov is offline
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Re: List from TsAMO of 99 (!) German warplanes and 22 motors captured at the Chir (Tschir) station (Stalingrad area)

hello Juha,

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Originally Posted by Juha View Post
One reason might be the supply difficulties. The logistical situation of the German 6th A was rather catastrophic even before the Soviet counteroffensive and the very difficult supply situation might well has its effects on the LW. Maybe many of the damaged planes were kept there as sources for spare parts.

Just a thought.
Maybe you are right. Logistic situation went down every month from July. But it seems the August-September is too early for the word "catastrophic" (my impression is mainly from the excellent Hayward's book "Stopped at Stalingrad").

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Andrey
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