US Strategic Bombing Survey No59 - a questionable statement about 1-seat fighters production

[Andrey Kuznetsov]

Hello Lynn,

thank you for the pointing on R3/1926!

Originally Posted by lritger

The report states that no fewer than 2,300 Bf 109s were produced in Nov and 2,360 produced in Dec 1944 ... the numbers for July through October align perfectly with the overall accepted numbers reported in the USSBS summary grid.

The date of the document is unclear. Maybe the numbers for November-December are planned, not actual?

Also, judging by the table header, these are Zellen = airframes, not finished planes. If there was a shortage of motors (for example), some of these Zellen may have become finished planes later or never at all.

Reading Speer's memoirs, one realises that he and other actors theoretically had reasons to lie about the number of aircraft produced. On the other hand, it is hard to imagine that the lie was not revealed immediately.

Best regards,
Andrey