Operation Bodenplatte

January 1, 1945 · Belgium

The Luftwaffe attacked Allied airfields in the Low Countries to support the Ardennes offensive. It destroyed many Allied aircraft but lost many pilots it could not replace.

Allies

Axis

Strength and losses

Aircraft lost
305 disputed

United Kingdom Killed 40 · Wounded 145

Killed
143 disputed
Wounded
21
Captured
70
Aircraft
1,035
Aircraft lost
271 disputed