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Re: Armee De l'Air Losses
Jens,
According to Paul Martin in his book Invicibles vainqueurs or the later Ils étaient là the French figures are as followed:
Total
Killed: 737
Wounded: 549
Combat:
Killed: 569
Wounded: 465
Fighter pilots:
Killed: 151
Wounded: 191
The total fighter pilot casualties of 342 is significantly less than given by Groehler, but given the source I'll put my money on Martin.
Just to add some color, here are the figures given by Prien et al in Die Jagdgfliegerverbände der Deutschen Luftwaffe Teil 3:
83 KIA or MIA
56 POW (of which 36 returned after the fall of France)
51 WIA
Bf109s damaged or destroyed
284 60-100%
178 10-60%
Jackson gives some differing numbers in Air War over France 1939-40:
Armée de l'Air
total a/c lost 892
total casualties 1493
fighters
250 in action
135 destroyed on ground
123 accidents etc
508 total
fighter crew
187 killed
70 missing
218 wounded
475 total
RAF
AASF 299
Air Component 279
FC 219
BC 166
CC 66
Total losses 1029
Personnel casualties 1526 (KIA, MIA & WIA).
__________________
Ruy Horta
12 O'Clock High!
And now I see with eye serene
The very pulse of the machine;
A being breathing thoughtful breath,
A traveller between life and death;
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