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THE NAZI LUFTWAFFE?
In an important article commenting on the recent American estimates of German aircraft strength, some of which gave figures as high as 70,000 with 36,- 000 "fighting" types, the "Sunday Times' " Air Cor- respondent writes that most of the figures are nonsensical. Analysis will show that Germany prob- ably has an absolute total of about 40,000 machines, of which fewer than 18,- 000 are "combat" types and the number available for full operation at any given time is about 9,000.
We know there are at present three Air Fleets (Luftflotte) operating. against Britain. Air Fleet II, under Kesselring operating from Belgium, Northern France and Hol- land; Air Fleet III, under Sperrle, in the West of France; and Air Fleet V, under Stumpff, from Northern Holland and Germany Denmark and Norway.
Besides these there are Air Fleet 1 in Eastern Germany, Air Fleet IV under the Aus- trian Lochr with headquarters in Vienna; a sixth Air Flect in Rumania, and an Indepen- dent Air Unit now in Italy,
Seven Regular Flects
Thus there are seven re- gular Air Fleets. To these must be added the Naval Air Service, operating separately, and the Operational Training Division, which together con- stitute the total "frst line" strength of the Luftwaffe.
To ascertain the Lotul strength of these formations we must examine, more close- ly the structure of the Ger- man Air Force,
Each German squadron (Staffel), fighter, bomber, or reconnaissance, had a peace- timo strength of nine nero- plancs, now expanded to twelve, with a further three in reserve. Three squadrons form a Wing (Gruppe) and three Wings a Group (Geach- wader). Two fighter Groups and one reconnaissance Wing form one Air Corps (Flleger Korps) representing the fight- or protection allotted to each Division, Three bomber Groups, one fighter Group and one reconnaissance Wing go to make a Division, with a total of about 480 machines,
not counting reserves or trans- ports.
Three Divisions
Each Air Flect is composed of three Division and one fighter Air Corps, making a total of about 1,700 aero- planes, somic 1,000 of which
are bombers, seventy-five re- connaissance and 625 fighters. At any given time about one- quarter of these will be un- serviccable, ualergoing over- haul or repair. Therefore the toini effective strength of an Air Fleet at any moment is about 1,300 aeroplanes,
The strength of the Naval Air Service is reliably put at 1,000 aeroplanes of all types. -boat 500 operational at any moment. The Operational Training Division adds a fur- ther 400 immediately service- able types, and the special Transport Organisation is re- puted to have some 2,000 transport acroplanes for para- chu e troops and so forth.
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The Luftwaffe also special transport units at- tached to each squadron for carrying ground personnel. For instance, each fighter group of 140 machines has thirty transports attached.
Thus, as_for_ny_can_be_es timated without reference to official sources, the tolat strength of the Luftwaffe may be set out as below:
(A equals strength plus first line Reserve immediately available and Transports. B equals operational strength at any moment.)
Six Air Fleets: A, 16,500. B. 7,800,
Independent Air Unit: A, 2,750. B, 1,300.
Naval Air Service: A, 1,000, B, 500.
Operational Training: A, 650. B, 400.
Transport Organisation: A, 3,500. B, 2,000.
Total: A, 24,400. B, 12,000. Behind all this will lie a re- serve pool and unfinished machines of approximately 50 per cent., as well as some 6,000 trainers, and communication aircraft. This brings the ab- solute grand total of all planes to about 40,000..
No estimate is complete without-mention of produc- tion and losses.
R.A.F. Victorios
Records show that the Royal Air Force has scored nearly 6,000 confirmed vic- tories over German acroplanes in all engagements since the war began. Experience sug- gests that a reasonable es- limate is that for every machine lost in combat two are put out of service by ac- cidents and unrecorded' vic- tories. This does not include training losses, usually esti mated at 15 per cont. per month.
Thus we reckon that the total losses of the Luftwaffe since the war began, counting.
the Polish, Norwegian, Dutch, Belgium, French, and British campaigns, is not far short of 24,000 machines. Compared with this, the R.A.F. has lost just under 1,800 aeroplanes in action, so that on the same basis the total British losses would be about 5,500 aero- planes and now the Royal Air Force has more machines than ever before.
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German Production When the war began, Ger- man production of first-line types was about 1,000 month. It is now estimated at about 1,600 a month (total about 2,300 of all types). An average of 1,400 first-line machines a month would not be far wrong. Thus to re- place losses of 24,000, the enemy has built about the same number or slightly less, und the Luttwaffe cannot be considered to have expanded during the war. That is an im- portant point and may explain puzzling features in the opera- tions of the past months.
Το return to American figures, an obvious explana- tion of the figure of thirty-- one divisions quoted is a mis- take in appreciating the com- position of Air Fleets. Taking the independent air unit as a separate fleet we have seven air flects made-up-of-twenty- one divisions and ten air corps. These, have a Lotal strength with immediate Re- serves, but without Trans- port, of 15,800 aircraft which is reasonably close to the 18,000 quoted.
Operational Strength
But only three of them, with a total strength of about 6,800 aeroplanes and opera- tional strength of 3,900, are at present facing Britain. A point of particular significance is that we find no records of the Germans having put more than 2,500 aeroplanes into the air on any one day, even dur- ing weeks of maximum effort.
Aerodromes they now oc- cupy in France are primitive. . The capacity is limited by the number of acroplanes which can be handled by ground. crews over any period.
Such imitations present themselves whenever. a big campaign is undertaken.
Coming Attack
The strength of the coming attack is thus fairly clear. If Germany were free of all other commitments and could concentrate her total opera- tional units, she might be able. to attack with about 9,000 acroplanes, 4,500 of which would be bombers. This total, irrespective of losses in action, would soon be reduced for operational forces to about 6,000,
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In fact, Germany dare not take the risk of withdrawing the units from Poland, Italy, and the Balkans, even if she could hope to operate them from the available air fields. Sho will be lucky if she can assemblo a total of 6,000. aeroplanes for the opening of the assault on Britain.
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