Looking for an old East German on Luftwaffe strength

[leonventer]

Originally Posted by Andrey Kuznetsov

10 years later...
Has anyone found this legendary article?

Hi Paul and Andrey,

Many years ago, I bought some issues of Militärgeschichte magazine from a German bookseller. I'd forgotten about them, but while reorganizing my library today, I discovered that I have the issue containing this "legendary" article by Olaf Groehler. It appeared in issue 3 of 1978, which was Jahrgang 17 of the magazine.

Groehler was a prominent East German historian, and his article contains extensive data (24 tables) detailing Luftwaffe strengths, distribution and losses on all fronts. He used this information to support his contention about the Soviet air force's significance in the defeat of the Luftwaffe. I'll leave it to those more qualified than I am to check the accuracy of his data and the validity of his conclusions. Given the amount of archival data that has become accessible in recent years, it'll be very interesting to find out how well Groehler's work holds up today.

I've scanned the 21 pages into a PDF file (7.3 MB). For anyone who is interested, send me a PM with your email address and I'll send you a copy.

Regards,
Leon Venter