Luftwaffe sorties in the French Campaign

[gajabhau]

I want to know the number of sorties made by the Luftwaffe on each day during May 10 to June 1, 1940 on the Western Front, preferably in separate figures for fighters and bombers. I shall be obliged if anyone would give me this information, and would cite the source as well.

[Peter Clare]

Could I suggest you post your request here >

Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

I'm sure you will receive the info you require.

Regards
Peter.

[gajabhau]

Originally Posted by Peter Clare

Could I suggest you post your request here >

Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

I'm sure you will receive the info you require.

Regards
Peter.

Thanks Peter. I have already posted the same request at "Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces" and also at "Axis History Forum". But no luck so far. I think the data must be available somewhere. I am studying the campaign and I suppose the best measure of air effort, and of efficiency, is the number of sorties made.

[kfz]

Originally Posted by gajabhau

Thanks Peter. I have already posted the same request at "Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces" and also at "Axis History Forum". But no luck so far. I think the data must be available somewhere. I am studying the campaign and I suppose the best measure of air effort, and of efficiency, is the number of sorties made.

Sorry I dony follow your reasoning there.

Surely less sorties shows better efficency. The technical desc of efficency is work in vs work out. Less sorties for a given ahievment means greater efficency.

Plus its very easy to overwork your forces in the short term for a long term loss, so looking a relitivly small camaign and measureing sorties may not give you the whole picture for the whole war?

Kev

[gajabhau]

Originally Posted by kfz

Sorry I dony follow your reasoning there.

Surely less sorties shows better efficency. The technical desc of efficency is work in vs work out. Less sorties for a given ahievment means greater efficency.

Plus its very easy to overwork your forces in the short term for a long term loss, so looking a relitivly small camaign and measureing sorties may not give you the whole picture for the whole war?

Kev

Thanks Kev.
I have only said that the number of sorties is a measure of efficiency. I have not said that more sorties would mean more efficiency. So there is no disagreement here. Also I am not looking at the whole picture just now; I am studying the French Campaign only and need the relevent data. I hope someone would help me.
Gajabhau