Work on Luftwaffe against Allies 1942-1945

[sgtk495]

I am currently writing my dissitation on how the luftwaffe could have better countered the allied bombing offensive of 1942-1945 and read your article (bv 141) and found it brilliant!

If anybody has any contacts with ex-RAF, USAAF or Luftwaffe members, not just necessarily pilots or anybody that has any knowledge regarding this subject I would be most appreciative of getting in contact with them to further my research, I would do all the work and just conduct a mini interview or something and you would gain recognition in my works.

Even if your grandad/father/uncle or anybody was associated with these services during the Second World War I would be so appreciative to talk to you about getting some information off them.

Any other opinions etc from non-forces associated people as myself who are interested in this area would be brilliant too! Thanks guys!

If anybody has links to primary source documents too this would be amazing!

Aaron
aaronkelly87@hotmail.co.uk

[GregP]

Some possibly helpful information:

Tonnes of bombs dropped on Germany by RAF / USAAF:

Year Tonnes
1939 31
1940 13,033
1941 31,504
1942 47,122
1943 201,622
1944 914,518
1945 380,113

Note the devastation in 1944 compared with the other years. Note also the bombing campaign didn't really get into high gear until 1943, and the American production of 1942 - 1943 paid dividends in 1944 - 1945.

Hope this helps a bit.