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Old 11th Mar 2012, 17:39
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Timothy and friends.

Two points here:

1) The archivist at the RAF Museum is a friend of mine and her email address is [email protected]

2) Sorry to rain on your parade a bit, and it is indeed a fantastic document, I have not seen one like it in my 14 year career as an RAF curator. However, it is unlikely that we will EVER find ALL the Luftwaffe losses over the UK. For instance, many of our aircraft went in deeply and have not yet been found, many were destroyed over the Channel or N Sea and will never be found. Some exploded and are scattered in numerous places. Therefore, from the RAF point of view, we will never be able to say completely how many aircraft we lost. This is much the same for Luftwaffe aircraft over the Uk - for the same reasons.

Therefore, more accurately, this is a log of Luftwaffe losses in the UK...but I think not "every" loss!!

Sorry!
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