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Aircraft losses in blizzard - 7/8/2011 8:08:43 PM

ParaB

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I'm currently in mid January 1942 with my German grand campaign.

Luftwaffe still has ~3.000 aircraft, with ~2.300 operational. Compared to the brutal losses my ground forces have taken during the blizzard the readiness of AC actually surprised me a bit.

A lot of my squadrons seem fully operational, which doesn't seem quite right.

Am I just an exceptionally gifted commander (

)or is there something fishy going on?

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RE: Aircraft losses in blizzard - 7/8/2011 8:52:14 PM

HRL58

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Well the Luftwaffe crews and airfield guys usually lived in good well warmed quarters many many miles behind the front

And they in fact managed to put up a relatively good air support in the first winter, when sigthing conditions where good.

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RE: Aircraft losses in blizzard - 7/8/2011 9:05:18 PM

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Have you endured any Airfield attacks?

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RE: Aircraft losses in blizzard - 7/8/2011 10:27:24 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: HRL58

Well the Luftwaffe crews and airfield guys usually lived in good well warmed quarters many many miles behind the front

And they in fact managed to put up a relatively good air support in the first winter, when sigthing conditions where good.

A lot of them were in Africa and the Mediterranean...

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RE: Aircraft losses in blizzard - 7/9/2011 12:41:21 AM

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The historical Luftwaffe was already attrited down a size, and although crews could keep themselves warm in shelters, there were very few hangars around to put the aircraft in so aircraft readiness rates fell off a cliff.

In the game, air missions have a reduced chance to take place in bad weather, but that's about it.

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RE: Aircraft losses in blizzard - 7/9/2011 11:16:35 AM

ParaB

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quote:

ORIGINAL: WarHunter

Have you endured any Airfield attacks?�

No, not that I remember.

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ORIGINAL: ComradeP

The historical Luftwaffe was already attrited down a size, and although crews could keep themselves warm in shelters, there were very few hangars around to put the aircraft in so aircraft readiness rates fell off a cliff.

Yep, that was my impression from reading various sources, too.