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Re: Sturmgruppen
Maybe the reason was the danger by P-51s. Yes Sturmgruppen sometimes achieved great victories, but they also suffered great defeats when intercepted away from the bombers. And even victories were bloody.
Also Sturmgruppen will need one or two Gruppen equiped with "normal" fighters as escorts. One Sturmgruppen by Geschwader was probably the most that can be as safely escorted as possible.
You also have to take in account that when transforming in Sturmgruppe, each unit was withdrawn and should train in the new tactic (and probably too to fly the far more heavier aircraft).
And then you have to wonder if the Sturmgruppen were in the end more efficient than other Fw 190 units. For exemple, JG 1, with no Sturmgruppe, claimed 28 B-17s and B-24s on 21 and 26 November 1944 (with one Gruppe on first date and two on second).
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