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On the 15th of August we can see the outlier for 148 Operational sorties for 13 Group,
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not a very representive day.
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http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handb...ion1/prc16.htm
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The CRO would make up 99% of the losses by morning. The RAF had a 1:1 exchange for airframes at the ASU. Units did not repair or "own" the individual aircraft. As they were damaged, they were exchanged for new/repaired aircraft. The CRO would then repair and recycle the airframe. This is why they could maintain such high serviceability during combat operations.
This is opposed to the Luftwaffe where each Geschwader was responsible for the repair of their own aircraft. The aircraft remained on the units books and did not fly until it was repaired. If it needed organizational level maintenance, then as I understand it, it remained property of the Geschwader until it was returned to service.
Only when the airframe was lifecycled or written off was it removed from the Geschwader's books.
All the best,
Crumpp