#OTD in 1945. Operation Bodenplatte aimed to destroy Allied air power. 290 plus Allied aircraft were destroyed. Germans lost 143 pilots. General der Jagdflieger Adolf Galland: "We sacrificed our last substance". #WW2 #HISTORY - ThreadSky

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#OTD in 1945. Operation Bodenplatte aimed to destroy Allied air power. 290 plus Allied aircraft were destroyed. Germans lost 143 pilots. General der Jagdflieger Adolf Galland: "We sacrificed our last substance". #WW2 #HISTORY