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Bodenplatte lost 270-274 Luftwaffe aircraft, and in the great confusion of battle there's no way for sure what shot down each aircraft, they didn't have time to call in CSI to investigate, though, no doubt AA got the majority.Germany deployed about 1,000 aircraft for the operation. 66 kills = 6.6% loss rate. IMO that's not a terribly impressive performance by Allied fighter aircraft who had the benefit of ground control radar.
A number of German engines were to receive turbine blades of mild carbon steel to overcome the looming chromium shortage. There was the BMW P.3307 (a 1900kg thrust engine ordered as a backup to the HeS 011), the HeS 011 itself and (from memmory) the disposable Porsche 005 for the V1.
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Chrominum serves not only for the turbine blades, but for the gun barrels, for the piercing armor bullets etc....
Only at high altitude where American heavy bombers operated.
Most air combat (and all CAS) took place below 6,000 meters. The Me-109G6 was as good or better then the P-47 and P-51 below 6,000 meters.
They used both LW and Allied sources, a book worth of having if you are interesting 1944-45 actions in ETO.sorry i explain wrong, i've understand that losses came from Putz and Manhro book, but they used luftwaffe source for the luftwaffe losses and allied for allied losses or used allied sources alone?
There seem to have been a number of programs to eliminate the requirement for chromium entirely for some weapons:
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