In article <nvektdpievmd3hbhvhu3v1dfj65h1anpki@4ax.com>, Stormin' Norman says...
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>On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 18:01:28 -0500, Mitchell Holman
><noemail@verizont.net> wrote:
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>>A very complicated process to shoot
>>down just one bomber, esp at a time when
>>every mission contained hundreds of bombers.
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>That raises an interesting question. On average, I wonder what the
>bomber kill rate was for traditional German fighters when the allied
>bombers had long range escorts all the way to Berlin?
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>I also wonder if flak from the German 88's imposed a greater toll on
>the bombers than the German fighters?
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...according to this webpage...German fighters...
From
https://www.quora.com/How-effective-was-the-German-88-as-an-anti-aircraft-weapon
"A single gun had only a remote chance of hitting or damaging an Allied bomber.
But many guns were used increasing the chances of a hit or damage.
"Numerous bombers were damaged and some brought down. Numerous crew injured or
killed. But the greater losses were to German fighters
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