To Command the Sky: The Battle for Air Superiority Over Germany, 1942-1944

APPENDIX

APPENDIX COMPARISON OF AMERICAN BATTLE CLAIMS WITH GERMAN LOSSES Eighth Luftwaffe Losses Air Force Date Claims Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 2 Oct 1943 20 9 10 12 4 Oct 1943 56 12 10 16 8 Oct 1943 179 23 28 20 9 Oct 1943 122 10 10 10 10 Oct 1943 202 12 26 25 14 Oct 1943 199 35 27 39 5 Nov 1943 45 17 16 18 13 Nov 1943 60 11 19 14 26 Nov 1943 60 26 22 37 29 Nov 1943 30 29 33 27 20 Dec 1943 40 14 10 27 22 Dec 1943 37 23 12 24 4 Jan 1944 12 12 12 5 Jan 1944 128 31 11 11 Jan 1944 259 48 21 45 30 Jan 1944 96 59 30 47 10 Feb 1944 98 49 30 46 11 Feb 1944 35 18 12 24 continued 249 250 APPENDIX Eighth Luftwaffe Losses Air Force Date Claims Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 20 Feb 1944 126 54 28 58 21 Feb 1944 52 29 11 32 22 Feb 1944 93 42 11 52 24 Feb 1944 121 60 26 51 25 Feb 1944 49 44 5 41 3 Mar 1944 11 15 4 14 4 Mar 1944 15 20 4 18 6 Mar 1944 179 63 18 62 8 Mar 1944 150 47 21 55 9 Mar 1944 1 0 0 1 18 Mar 1944 84 25 12 36 23 Mar 1944 55 27 11 27 29 Mar 1944 65 33 12 34 8 Apr 1944 195 65 36 73 9 Apr 1944 84 28 13 21 11 Apr 1944 189 36 19 52 15 Apr 1944 58 12 11 23 19 Apr 1944 17 10 29 22 Apr 1944 60 17 19 24 Apr 1944 144 32 56 29 Apr 1944 95 11 30 8 May 1944 131 43 44 12 May 1944 66 34 70 13 May 1944 58 16 29 19 May 1944 77 42 60 24 May 1944 33 40 41 27 May 1944 44 16 31 28 May 1944 64 50 37 29 May 1944 117 152 51 30 May 1944 65 95 53 TOTAL 4,176 1,038 1,139 1,631 Sources: Column Two-Eighth Air Force Claims: VIII Bomber Command Narrative of Operations, 1943-1944, File 519.332, HRC; VIII Fighter Command Narrative of Operations, 1943-1944, File 168.6005-55, HRC; and Freeman, Mighty Eighth War Diary.. Appendix 251 Column Three-Luftwaffe Losses Source 1: "Auswertung der Einsatzbereitsch der fliegenden Verb. vom 1 August 1943 bis November 1944," 28 June 1949, File KII0.8-22, HRC. This source includes all fighters shot down in the West and over the Reich. Column Four-Luftwaffe Losses Source 2: Generalleutnant Josef Schmid, "Day and Night Aerial Warfare over the Reich, 1943-1944," 1954, File KI13.107-158-160, HRC. This source includes all fighters shot down in the area of I Fighter Corps (the Reich). Column Five-Luftwaffe Losses Source 3: British translations of captured German documents: "German Air Force Losses in the West, 1 September 1943-31 December 1943," 1945, File K512.621 VII/148, HRC; " German Air Force Losses in the Area of Luftflotte Reich, 1 September 1943-31 December 1943," 1945, File K512.621 VII/149, HRC; "German Air Force Losses in the West, January-April 1944," 1945, File K512.621 VII/135, HRC; "German Air Force Losses in the Area of Luftlotte Reich, January-April 1944," 1945, File K512.621 VII/138, HRC; "German Air Force Losses in the West, May 1944," 1945, File K512.621 VII/133, HRC; and "German Air Force Losses in the Area of Luftlotte Reich, May 1944," 1945, File K512.621 VII/134, HRC. This source includes all fighters shot down in the West and over the Reich. ...