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Erich said:Soren where do you think ?the veterans of course.
It was always made up in the after action combat reports and although in later 1944 till wars end the German radar systems in Frnce were gone they had very powerful sources that could tell when the Allied heavies were taking off as well as how many US prop fighters were taking off, thus you can easily see how the Luftwaffe pilots felt they were on a continual suicide mission late 44 till wars end. In some instances in 1945 it was over 25 to 1.
Erich said:after Normandie was done and over and we started plopping our bases on the main continent we could strike anywhere and not just from England anymore. wherever the Luftwaffe was going to be up, the RAF and US was there in overwhleming force. with only 6 ? Reich defence units still in the Reich in February 1945; the others on the Ost front you can easily anticipate my figures on missions of 20/25 to 1 in 1945. It was a bloody slaughter of German youth !