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Old 21st April 2006, 07:10
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Re: Lw-losses without enemy actions!

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Originally Posted by Andreas Brekken
I would be very surprised if this is not the case in the other fighter units also (the data I have already gathered points in that direction... will come back on this). So, a 40/60 split is realistic, thus a fair bit more than half the aircraft that were destroyed or damaged in the Luftwaffe fighter arm were in fact destroyed by the Luftwaffe themselves.....
It would be interesting to compare these numbers with other combatants, that would enable us to judge the results more effectively.

Also you mention take off and landing, but that doesn't differentiate between mechanical, weather or pilot error. In general take off and landing are still the most dangerous moment.

Now this isn't critique, it is great to see figures.
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