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Originally Posted by Sternjaeger
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not that many actually, and turns out the Stuka had the lowest loss ratio (as I said it was counter-propaganda against the Stuka's "trumpets of Jericho" kinda fame) :
Luftwaffe losses in the BoB
(source "Kronika Bitvy o Britanii", M. Weidenhofer, Navrat 1991)
Type Losses
Junkers Ju 87 74
Junkers Ju 88 281
Dornier Do 17 171
Dornier Do 215 6
Heinkel He 56 31
Heinkel He 111 246
Heinkel He 115 28
Henschel Hs 126 7
Messerschmitt Bf 109 533
Messerschmitt Bf 110 229
Total 1562
Historians have worked hard in the last years, the numbers I posted above are apparently quite accurate.
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Really have to disagree here. The Stukas were withdrawn from the battle on 19th August, so quoting loss rates for the entire period of the battle will give a misleadingly low measure for the Stuka's relative vulnerability.
To get a proper picture we'd need to look at relative
percentage of type loss rates for German bomber types over the common period that they were employed.
The fact is though that they were withdrawn by Goering because of unacceptable attrition/loss rates.
(Also, I think you are perhaps a little too quick to define positions that you personally have trouble accepting as 'propaganda'.)
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Originally Posted by Sternjaeger
as Dutch_851 mentioned above, they had the Me110, helluva underrated machine.
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...which had loss rates comparable to the Stuka, but unlike them were maintained in the battle due to Goering's obstinacy, eventually being given 109 escorts!
edit: in the interests of fairness - and having re-read the post that this quote was actually referring to - I would agree that the 110 could perhaps have been used more successfully in the fighter-bomber role rather than persisting as a straight fighter
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Originally Posted by Sternjaeger
I'm sorry to contradict you again mate, but that's approximate revisionism.
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With great respect, you don't seem averse to a spot of this yourself