JG 52 versus Soviet VVC May 20,44

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Originally Posted by Andrew Arthy

I feel you may have misinterpreted the Überholung column, which, to the best of my knowledge, usually doesn't indicate heavily damaged aircaft, but war-weary aircraft.

Hi, Andrew

There were some serious debates on this subject about seven years ago. I believe 'Überholung' means 'repair on a factory' because it generally matches with the figures in the 'Reparatur' column. For example, according to all survived F.- und B.-meldungen 578 Do-217 were sent to 'Überholung' and 525 brought back to units as 'Reparatur';

Fw-189 - 412 and 412 respectively;
Fw-190 - 3491 and 4212;
Bf-109 - 5358 and 6764;
Ju-87 - 1113 and 1034;
Ju-88 - 3334 and 3501;
Hs-129 - 236 and 223;
He-111 - 1482 and 1630;
Ju-52 - 1373 and 1260;
Me-110 - 1407 and 1690 etc.

War-weary aircraft must be in the 'ohne Feindeinwirkung' column.