War is Over

Eagle Day to Bombing of the Reich is a improved and enhanced edition of Talonsoft's older Battle of Britain and Bombing the Reich. This updated version represents the best simulation of the air war over Britain and the strategic bombing campaign over Europe that has ever been made.

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john_txic
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War is Over

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Just completed my '43 700-Turn Campaign.

War finished on Turn 597 - 5th April 1945. Score: 4/41/11

Top Allied Pilot: W/Cdr Jerzy Orzechowksi, 307 Sqn - 67 kills; Luftwaffe: Oblt. J Parsch, 8/JG26 - 26 kills
The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind.
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Great job, I didn't know the war could end early!
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Well done! will start this one soon myself. Just waiting for harley to update before I start.

How long did it take you from start to finish.
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A hard-drive crash half-way through didn't help.......

I'm just so glad war didn't end in June! If you do the arithmetic, 700 Turns takes you well into the Autumn of 1945.
The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind.
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Respect.

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Final air & pilot losses?
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Allied: Axis:


A/C 31,051 31,647

Pilots 27,419 10,300




Anyone have the figures for the real thing?
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ORIGINAL: john_txic
Anyone have the figures for the real thing?

I've found this number, but they are incomplete:
Luftwaffe lost 12.656 aircrafts by A2A fight between 1943/1944
(8.286 in 1943, 4.370 in 1944); 18.000 aircrafts lost on ground.
GB lost 6.440 aircrafts; 55.573 pilots KIA, 8.403 WIA and 9.838
captured by german (too many pilot for 6.440 a/c I think...);
USA lost 43.742 pilots (KIA & MIA). I don't find US air losses.

Fonts (from wiki):
Alan J. Levine, The Strategic Bombing of Germany, 1940-1945 - (1992)
Giorgio Bonacina, Comando Bombardieri: Operazione Europa - (1975)
Horst Boog, The Strategic Air War in Europe 1943-1944/45 - (2001)
E.R. Hooton, Eagle in Flames: The Fall of the Luftwaffe - (1997)
David MacIsaac, US Strategic Bombing Survey Volume II - (1976)
http://www.rafbf.org/1794/bomber-command-memorial.html


If you have another numbers or fonts, please share.
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The numbers could be aircrew for the British, not just pilots. 7-8 guys in every heavy bomber don't forget. [:)]
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ORIGINAL: Gunnerchimp


The numbers could be aircrew for the British, not just pilots. 7-8 guys in every heavy bomber don't forget. [:)]


You're right...reality is not like game...[:D]
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