[Broncazonk]

I was reading American Eagles Vol. 4 last night and the book makes reference to 'WW' marked P-51's. At some flight hour count, these 'war weary' aircraft were pulled out of combat and transfered to operational training units. Did the Luftwaffe employ a similar system? Did the Luftwaffe have the resources to transfer high time combat aircraft to operational training units? If not, at a certain time were Fw-190's and Bf-109's rotated off the line and sent to a rebuild factory for overhaul? I've seen photos of aircraft in rebuild factories, but I always assumed that they had been in a landing accident or suffered battle damage.

I'm really interested in this aspect of Luftwaffe logistics, so if anyone has any insight to this please post!!

Thanks!

Bronc