Allied Air Supremacy in the ETO

Today’s Daily Dose short history film covers Allied air supremacy over the Luftwaffe in WW2, which was achieved in advanced of the Normandy D-Day invasion of Northern France.

Citations:

“…incompetent Nazi administrators…” Miller, Masters of the Air, p. 237

“From July 1944 to the end of the war…” Ibid, p. 329

“…approximately two million workers…” Ibid, p. 329

“…statistically impossible…” Tillman, Forgotten fifteenth, p. 80

“…the annihilation of the Luftwaffe…” Miller, Masters of the Air, pp. 254-255

“…insubordination…” Tillman, Forgotten fifteenth, p. 85

“…20% of his experienced pilots…” Miller, Masters of the Air, p. 276

“…flying wedges…” Ibid, p. 276 “…ten to one…” Ibid, p. 277

“From 171 aircraft Losses…” Tillman, Forgotten fifteenth, p. 185

“…you are immediately sober…” Ibid, pp. 78-79

“…nothing less than murder…” Miller, Masters of the Air, p. 328

“…40 percent would die in action…” Tillman, Forgotten fifteenth, pp. 79-80

“…a war waged otherwise…” Jablonski, Flying Fortress, preface xii

“…grossbatterien…” Mahoney, Bombing Europe, p. 77

“…increase the density of flak…” Ibid, p. 78

“…ratio bordering on ten to one…” Ibid, p. 78

“…targets en route to Russia…” Tillman, Forgotten fifteenth, p. 95

“…since the Red Air Force’s gasoline…” Ibid, pp. 96-97

“…two hour’s before takeoff…” Ibid, p. 97

“Sluder flew with several maps…” Ibid, p. 98

“local people were very friendly…” Jablonski, Flying Fortress, p. 238

“I clobbered an Fw-190…” Tillman, Forgotten fifteenth, p. 100