"Eunometic" wrote in message
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The Germans always managed approximetly 1%-3% attrition against allied
aircraft by FLAK alone and sometimes against the RAAF much higher
(cities defended by 128mm cannon). On top of that German aircaft had
the performance to intercept B29s wheras the Japanese had not.

A B-29 operating at night would have been nigh on impossible
to intercept. The only aircraft even remotely capable of
reaching it would have been one of the handful of Me-262
night fighters that were available. Of course by May 1945
the Luftwaffe was virtually nonexistent with most surviving
aircraft grounded by lack of fuel or pilots.

Flak was a risk of course but even the Flak 128 was pretty
much at the limit when dealing with the B-29

The Mig 15s swept the B29s from the sky over Korea

No sir they didnt. They inflicted losses to be sure but
B-29s detached from Twentieth Air Force continued flying
combat missions until the end of the war in 1953. After
October 1951 they flew their missions at night.

Keith