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Re: Analysing survival rates among Luftwaffe air crew in 'Steinbock' and other operations
Simon,
Both EKII, EKI and further awards were "recommended for" or "suggested" to the High Command by the Staffelkapitän or Gruppenkommandeur. There were variations in terms of number of sorties and number of victories to be awarded with the EKII (generally after 2-3 victories) and EKI (I have read variations from 7 victories up to a bit more).
For the Kampfgeschwader airmen, it was in terms of number of sorties and, of course, success (ships sunk, or bridges destroyed, etc.).
Some airmen seems to have been "persecuted" by some of their senior officers....so even though they had the number of sorties or victories to receive the awards, the Officers did not push the "paper ahead"....It ocurred also in the RAF and USAAC as well...as far as I remember reading on "war diaries", books, etc.
Your work seems really incredible and be sure that you will have support from me and others. KEEP GOING....it gonna be a "helluva of a book" when published.
Adriano
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