I wonder, how many 109's could be made from the wreckage of one B17? 2 maybe 3? Never looked at it that way before. I bet they just loved that Primo American made Alcoa aluminum. Kinda follows other ironies of the war. Like the bomb that sank the Arizona, was likely made of American scrap iron sold to the Japanese. Or the German tanks invading Russia during Barbarossa, were likely running on Russian made Gasoline!
There is great Pics and Vid of the Red Army tanks rolling into the Refinery complex at Ploesti. There was nothing but an endless field of water filled Bomb Craters, and twisted wreckage, burned black and rusting, destroyed months earlier. The German had already pulled out their major Flak defenses, because there was nothing left to defend. Russian Marshals and Generals who came to look at the spectacle of it, were amazed at the destructive power on the allied Air Forces.
On the other hand, in Upper Silesia, they overran Panzer Factories, untouched and still operating. Freshly painted Primer Yellow Panther tanks waiting to be loaded, on Trains that never Arrived. All the management ran, left the technicians and slave laborers to surrender.
How things played out from the production angle, is an interesting topic.
