Hello Shikhov,
Well... such discussion is barely without answer because it's mostly related with what you will define as being :
1) a plane
2) a loss
3) a ground loss
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Originally Posted by Shikhov
Most sources mentions 234 FAF ground losses of total 892 planes lost during the May-June 1940 campaign, including some 135 fighters as ground lost. This is about 26% ratio.
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If you consider an aircraft as a profiled piece of wood/metal designed with an aero-engine, this figure is very low. The French Air Force had thousands of such pieces and the industry had plenty in the production process still undelivered. Due to the fact that barely half of the territory was overun by the Germans and that in this territory was located the major part of the Air Forces, including assembly lines, workshops, overhauling air force centers and depots, you may deduct that the real figure was several times the number quoted.
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Originally Posted by Shikhov
But now I am in heavy discuss with one well known person stated 2/3 of FAF losses were on the ground or simply took by Germans in various condition.
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At some point of the campaign, the ground has to be abandonned and everything that couldn't be flown to the rear, whatever the reason was, has to be left behind and scuttled if time was available (if people care, had orders, etc.). Consequently, it's easy to understand that the Heere could be credited with many more "kills" than the Luftwaffe even if they collaborated most of the time to achieve this result together (planes damaged in action, interdiction of communications, etc.).
Regards,
Olivier Bacca.