[Simon Trew]

Peter - It is difficult to disagree with you in some ways. But it depends on what one is interested in. The Luftflotte 3 daily loss tables don't specify whether a plane was 15% or 60% damaged, but they do at least make a distinction between missing/destroyed and damaged. They also provide fairly granular data according to type of plane and quite a wide variety of circumstances in which the plane was destroyed or damaged. I'd agree that it is a frustrating task, but when that information is combined with a reasonably wide range of other sources, including authors writing in at least three different languages about unit histories and associated topics, and intelligence records, I'd describe the record as patchy and incomplete rather than as being so thin as to render any meaningful comment impossible. For example, it seems that one could draw firmer conclusions about losses in KG 2 than in KG 30. Or say a bit more about KG 6 than I/KG 40??

Anyway, I can only try my best. Ever tried. Ever failed.... Fail better.