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Hi
The German also officialy recorded their losses in April 1917 as follows:
66 aircraft was lost on the West front and 8 on other front.
10 Ballons were lost, all on West front.
Of the total of aircraft were 39 lost in Air combat on West front and 4 on other fronts.
23 aircraft went missing on the West front and 4 on other fronts.
3 aircraft was lost due enemy Flak, all on West front.
1 more aircraft was reported lost on West front by other reason.
So 43 + 27 + 3 + 1 = Total = 74 aircraft.
But for the aviation historian this is not the whole true as discussed earlier in this Forum.
The German like the other countries involved in the War seldom talled the whole truth regarding their own losses especially in Daily and monthly reports.
In general terms by the knowledge we had today You
must dubbel the German losses in long terms to came near some acceptable truth..
The reason for that is that the German does not seems to counted aircraft in their monthly reports which came down with wounded or unwounded crews within their own lines.
So a guess without examination their actual losses for April which infact can be found in Kofl reports etc...is around 150 +- 50.
VBR
Gunnar
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