Luftwaffe losses in 1940

[Ricky B]

Not sure what the issue is. Seems like you would like to see many more French/British planes involved, or higher German losses, or??? Regarding the battlefield, the table of planes shows who should have what on the battlefield:

Type French British total German
Fighters 583 197 780 1264
Bombers 84 192 276 1504
Recon 458 96 554 502

Totals 1125 485 1610 3270

1500 German bombers, give or take, vs 276 allied? That is a 6 to 1 ratio, which seems fairly represented in the game. Can anyone name much in the way of effective Allied ground attacks, against German units? I am not aware of much of anything but harassment, along with the failed attacks on the Sedan crossings.

Re losses, since the game isn't representing air to air losses, breakdowns, etc, then I would guess you could see some higher losses than happen, but they shouldn't be super high. One thing about the Luftwaffe losses - a large portion of them were their transports, I believe - Ju52s. They lost hundreds in the Netherlands landings. Anyway, for the portion of their losses in the actions covered by the game, I would say no more than 100 would be losses to ground fire, during the full game, probably a bit less. So maybe it comes out at 50 instead, that works okay for me - most players avoid high risk attacks, unlike historical, so I expect losses to run a bit less.

Rick