LUFTWAFFE’S LOSSES
ALLIES’ AIR SUPERIORITY LONDON, Nov. 23 “The Luftwaffe has now neither the number nor the quality of planes, nor the crews to regain air supremacy over the Allies, and the position is further deteriorating,” said Lieuten-ant-Colonel Zhdanov, in an article in the Red Star. “Ail* fighting this year has shown our supremacy in the east, and British and American supremacy in the west. “This change has been brought about by the stupendous losses inflicted on the Luftwaffe on the eastern front and the destruction by the Allies of production centres in Germany. The Red Army has put out of action 14.000 Dianes in the last 12 months and 10,000 in the summer
campaign. The Allies’ systematic raids against German industrial centres have lowered the production capacity of German factories, which cannot now replace German losses on all fronts “Between 25,000 and 30,000 German pi’ots and navigators have been killed in Russia. Replacement is next to impossible.
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Waikato Times, Volume 193, Issue 22204, 25 November 1943, Page 5
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