# Talk:Operation Bodenplatte

1st The Luftwaffe had been far from absent over the front in December. It flew several thousand sorties over the theatre. Its encounters with the RAF and USAAF had meant heavy losses in matériel and pilots.1st
Losses for … the RAF? USAAF? Luftwaffe? All of the above?

‘’On the eight days of operations between 17 and 27 December 1944, 644 fighters were lost and 227 damaged. This resulted in 322 pilots killed, 23 captured and 133 wounded. ‘’

Again, in total? Who is taking these losses?
1st On the three days of operations 23–25 December, 363 fighters were destroyed. None of the Geschwaderkommodoren expected any large-scale air operations by the end of the month.[15]
Same, not clear which sides fighters are being lost.  I’m assuming all of them, but I don’t know. I mean the Germans had nearly 80 pilots with 100+ kills and the top Allied pilot of the War had 40 kills, and by #5 we’re down to 27.  The average German pilot was dominant by an order of magnitude, but at this late time, I don’t know how many remained.  Still, I would not just assume that they suddenly started taking 100% of the losses
B.Sandusky (talk) 23:54, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Can the relevant page for Operation Hermann get de-linked from that one so an article on that can be properly created and worked on? I'd do it but honestly I get lost when it comes to moving and de-redirecting pages.radek (talk) 21:21, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

The operation was still known as 'Operation Hermann' in some English-language publications until some time in the 1970's until the correct German name 'Bodenplatte' became more widely known.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.149.55.68 (talk) 18:35, 4 March 2019 (UTC)