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Steve
I'm running out of time - been running up post re the Halberstadt photos.
Very quickly - official German losses for April are given as 66 aircraft whilst for September they listed as 76 - these are Western Front.
The problem with these figures are that the only reflect German aircraft either lost over Allied side or totally destroyed German side. Aircraft that could be recovered and repaired at unit of Armee Flugpark are almost certainly not counted. As such I would at the very least double these figures you want an idea as to what was actually downed in combat. Indeed I would tripple them if you want a comparison to British combat losses figures (the 276 & 215) which include many aircraft that returned damaged but were the struck off charge and sent back to depots for repair.
Also that about 40 % of German loss April, was on French sector whilst easily 80 % of Sep loss, was caused by British - what is very clear is that there is a dramatic increase in German losses against British.
Will say more later.
Cheers Russ
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