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Old 23rd January 2009, 20:12
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Re: Need assistance: Role of the Luftwaffe/Germany in the Battle of Britain?

Sligthtly off topic here but...

I followed the path offered here previously, and picked up Williamson Murray´s book.
Looking at his tables on German losses in 1940, I was struck by one category of losses; destroyed on operations, but NOT due to enemy action.
What is this? It is not the so-called "operational losses" because that is a seperate category. So what is going on? This is by the way, the main cause of losses of Bf-109. Can anyone clarify what kind of bookkeeping is going on there. My first thought was 109s running out of fuel over the channel, but the category is large for the BofF.



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