Re: Western front-interesting bits of information
Luftwaffe losses for BoB altogether:
1733 aircraft of all sorts
which was 40% of the initial strength to start the campaign with (!)
Over 2600 Luftwaffe air men died.
RAF: 746 fighters lost, 520 pilots dead.
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After that you could say Luftwaffe was quite "finished" for a while.
As well it was interesting to notice in the document that 1/3 of all the new planes for RAF were from the Repair Units created by Mr Beaverbrook (!!!). These units built new planes from 100% damaged planes by collecting the still usable parts together.
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