Civettone
Tech Sergeant
I find the comparison in sorties fascinating. Luftwaffe crew flew on average one sortie a day, sometimes more sometimes less. The RAF fighter pilots often took off for several sorties a day.
Why was this?
I can only come up with one reason and that is that the logistics and the maintenance infrastructure of the Luftwaffe failed to get serviceability high enough to allow for more missions.
Of course pushing the Luftwaffe air crew to more missions will lead to more fatigue and more losses. But the pressure on the RAF would have increased as well.
Kris
Why was this?
I can only come up with one reason and that is that the logistics and the maintenance infrastructure of the Luftwaffe failed to get serviceability high enough to allow for more missions.
Of course pushing the Luftwaffe air crew to more missions will lead to more fatigue and more losses. But the pressure on the RAF would have increased as well.
Kris