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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 Il, under Kesselring operating froni Belgium, Northern France and Hol- land; Air Fleet III, under

not counting reserves or trans- ports.

Three Divisions

Each Air Fleet is composed of three Division and one

fighter Air Corps, making a total of about 1,700 aero- planes, some 1,000 of which

are bombers, seventy-five re- connaissance and 62 fighters. At any given time about one- quarter of these will be un- serviceable, undergoing over- haul or repair. Therefore the total effective strength of an Air Fleet at any moment is about 1,300 acroplanes.

The strength of the Naval Air Service Is reliably put at 1,000 aeroplanes of all types -about 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- chute troops and so forth.

Special Units

The Luftwaffe also

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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 far as can be es.

Sperrle-in-the-West-of-timated without reference-to-

France; and Air Fleet V under Stumpff, from' Northern Holland and Germany Denmark and Norway.

Besides these there are Air Fleet I in Eastern Germany, Air Fleet IV under the Aus- trian Lochr with headquarters in Vienna: a sixth Air Fleet in Rumania, and an Indepen- dent Air Unit now in Italy.

Seven Regular Fleets

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 "first line" strength of the Luftwaffe.

Το ascertain the total strength of these. formations we must examing more close- ly the structure of the Ger- man Air Force,

Each German squadron (Staffel), fighter, bomber, or reconnaissance, had a peace- time strength of nine aero. planes, now expanded to twelve, with a further three in reserve. Three squadrons form a Wing (Gruppe) and three Wings a Group (Gesch- wader). Two fighter Groups and one, reconnaissance Wing form one Air Corps (Flieger Korps) representing the fight- or protection allotted to each Division. Three bomber Groups, one fighter Group and one reconnaissanco Wing go to make a Division, with a total of about. 480 machines,

official sources, the total strength of the Luftwaffe may be sét out as below:

(A equals strength plus first line Reserve Immediately available and Transportu. 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 mitctthea of approximately 50 per cent., as well as some 6,000 trainers, and communiention 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.

the

R.A.F. Victories Records show that Royal Air Force has scored nearly 6,000 confirmed vic- tories over German aeroplanes in all engagements since the war began. Experience sug- gests that a reasonable 28- timato is that for every machine lost in combat two are put out of service by ne cidents and unrecorded vic- tories. This does not Include training losses, usually esti- mated at 15 per cent. per month.

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 acroplanes In action, so that on the summe basis the total British losses would be about 5,500 aero- planes and now the Royal Air Force has more machines than ever before.

German Production

When the war began, Ger- man production of first-line Lypes was about 1,000 a 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 the enemy has built about same number or slightly less, and 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.

To return to American figures, an obvious explana- tion of the ligure of thirty- one divisions quoted is a mis-. Lake in appreciating the com- position of Air Fleets. Taking the independent air unit as separate fleet we have seven air fleets made up of twenty- -one-divisions-and-len-air- corps. These have a total strength with immediate Re- servés, 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 3,000, 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 neroplanes 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 limitations 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 aeroplanos, 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.

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 availablo air fields. She will be lucky if sho can Thus we reckon that the assemble a total of 6,000 total losses of the Luftwalloneroplanes for the opening of since the war began, counting

the assault on Britain.

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