[Juha]

Nick
Of course it wasn’t entirely irrational, LW must try everything to hinder Allied ground troops but that’s a different thing that to say with a hindsight that that was a right thing to do. I have read a couple of British divisional histories and a couple of tank brigade histories and some memoirs of British tankmen and i cannot recall anything on being attacked by jet a/c, some mentions on attacks by 109s and 190s but they were usually ineffective. Only effective strike I can recall was LW’s night bombing strike against Orne? bridges on the first night after beginning of Operation Goodwood which according to the history of 11. ArmDiv, written straight after end of war, caused heavy losses among replacement tank crews which happened to be at target area on their way forward. No numbers were given though. Once asked on that attack on this board but nobody answered or at least nobody could give details on the attack on LW side.

So can the efforts used in 262 jabo attacks be justified by results achieved. I really don’t know but doubt that.

Juha