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Operation Bodenplatte
The success of Operation Bodenplatte, on January 1, 1945, was to be achieved by
mass surprise attacks on British and American bases in France, Belgium and
Holland. It was a battle fought at great cost to the Luftwaffe. During the
battles some 300 Luftwaffe aircraft were lost. Though 200 Allied aircraft were
destroyed, most on the ground, pilot losses were light. Nicolas Trudgians
brilliant painting takes us right into the action above the Allied air base at
Eindhoven. Me262 jets join a concentration of Me109s and Fw190s of JG-3 fighter
wing, as they hurtle across the airfield in an assault that lasted 23 minutes,
while Spitfires from 414 Sqn RCAF do their best to repel the attack. On the
ground Typhoon fighters of 439 Sqn take a hammering. |
