Analysing survival rates among Luftwaffe air crew in 'Steinbock' and other operations

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by FalkeEins

..so Ultra wasn't providing objectives/targets for each night along with the forces to be deployed ?

If you relied solely on ULTRA you'd think Steinbock didn't happen ... well almost. There are after-action reports for the May raids on Bristol and Portsmouth plus a few from II./KG 51 intruder ops late in the campaign but that's about it.

The Germans were operating from established bases in France and the Low Countries and able to communicate by landline, so not much traffic was left to intercept.

Originally Posted by Simon Trew

I haven't yet gone through all of DEFE 3 and HW 5 to confirm this impression, but what I have done so far does not indicate much foreknowledge at all.

Simon

I have gone through all of the HW 5 for the period and I quite agree.