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Strength figures: categories
The unit strength returns on (for example) Bundesarchiv RL 2-III/735 give three columns of figures for crews under the headings:
Ist / eins. / verfb. Ist is easy enough: actual strength eins. I take as either einsatklar of einsatzfähig: ready to operate or able to operate verfb. presumably verfügbar: available (e.g. on base?) Then comes a final column: Kampfeins. It's written with a capital letter, suggesting a noun rather than an adjective, so presumably something like Kampfeinsatz (combat operation) but if so, what is it counting? Sorties flown that day or something else? |