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On a related note, the Luftwaffe operation Bodenplatte on New Year's Day 1945 destroyed 22 P-47s and heavily damaged 11 more at one airfield near Metz, for the loss of 8 fighters. Within days, all the P-47s were replaced with factory-fresh ones and operations resumed. Overall, the Luftwaffe lost 143 pilots killed and missing, 21 wounded and 70 captured. The Allies lost relatively few personnel, and all the lost aircraft were replaced within a week.