Your claim is that the USAAF and RAF shot down more German aircraft than the VVS?
Here's a question - why am I the one having to defend my post
? I'm not the one who claimed the VVS destroyed the Luftwaffe.
...But because I'm a nice guy I'll respond
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Well the destruction of the Luftwaffe was more involved than just destruction of german aircraft but if you want to base it on aircraft shot down then yes the USAAF and RAF shot down more than the VVS. And I wouldn't presume to claim anything
. The claims are losses from the Germans themselves as per the BA/MA RLM records.
It's too much trouble to show you the actual data but here's a breakdown for the above to consider:
- May-Dec 1940 are losses due to the RAF (Battle of France / Battle of Britain).
- The Eastern Front can be said to have chewed the majority of the losses from Jul 41 - Jun 42.
- From Jun 42 - Dec 42 on the Eastern Front accounted for roughly 48% of the losses while the MTO accounted for 52%.
- It's not even a question in 1943 with the Eastern Front accounting for 32% of the losses while the other 68% were due to the RAF & USAAF in the MTO and ETO.
- 1944 onward % of losses attributed to the USAAF and RAF is even more lopsided compared to the VVS.
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It's not even worth digging up numbers for Jul 44 -Mar 45. From the graph you don't even have to add up the numbers basis the %. Visual inspection is enough to demonstrate the point considering the % breakdowns.
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