2007-06-16 03:05:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Its actually very simple, to quote Adolf Galland: "The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves. This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories." So its a simple number crunch, they never held anyone back and alot of the pilots were extremely good. This allowed to kill rates to rise.
2007-06-16 03:09:32 · answer #1 · answered by Jon N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Luftwaffe's highest scoring aces were mostly on the eastern front. In the early stages of the war the soviets threw up a huge number of cheap aircraft with unskilled pilots, easy prey for skilled Luftwaffe pilots.
2007-06-16 10:11:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Luftwaffe was engaged in near constant combat from 1936 (Spanish Civil War) through thier final defeat 1945. That is an amazingly long time to gain experience and skills.
However, by the end, they were running out of experienced pilots.
2007-06-16 10:33:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they were flying in combat for years before the U.S. got into the war. The Germans also had fighters that were more modern and capable than the old relics most others were flying. The article link below has some great reasons for the many kills.
2007-06-16 10:08:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The had a "fly till you die" policy wheres we (the Americans) rotated their pilots out after so many missions. I'm not sure of the Brit's policy. Also, i've read where the carburators on Spitfires starved for gas on steep dives, while the fuel injection system of Messersmitts allowed them to take steep dives, but i'm sure that didn't account for all their high scores...i just threw that in.
2007-06-16 14:13:15 · answer #5 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A. because the Luffwaffe German air force's fighters could basically fly in circles around our things, they could turn on a dime
B. The Russian air force: useless
2007-06-16 11:18:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Simple more missions flown before allies started and they had fairly good equipment FW-190, ME- 262
2007-06-16 13:58:32 · answer #7 · answered by screwtape 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋