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Old 23rd November 2008, 21:24
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Re: Luftwaffe Myths

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Originally Posted by Franek Grabowski View Post
I am not sure what do you mean, but even on a single raid level, Jagdwaffe was unable to prevent Allied actions. Yes, they were shooting down multiple aircraft, but still they were bombed, and efficiency of the latter constantly improved, with catastrophic results in 1943. I would say it was a general shortseeing by Lw command, which resulted with pilots arriving to combat units in mid-1944 completely unprepared for anything, despite two years of training.
There you go, perhaps catastrophic in 1943, but merely a nuisance in 1941 and 1942, albeit it night or day.

Stopping raids is a bit theatrical isn't it, we're talking attrition not dramatics.

But Franek, we've been here before and the thread can go on and on and we won't agree. OTOH our new member will have a lot of fun.
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