The Germans turned to desperate solutions like the Leonidas Squadron. The last battles fought in the skies over Germany were now insignificant. All but overrun, the mass surrender of German military personnel began. All that remained of the Luftwaffe were scattered wrecks over airfields that were virtually aircraft 'graveyards'. Many examples of the revolutionary aircraft that the Luftwaffe hoped would turn the tide fell into Allied hands, examples like the Me 262 and Heinkel He 162 greatly impressed the Allies. See also German Air Fleets in World War II High Command Trial List of German World War II jet aces List of German World War II night fighter aces List of World War II aces from Germany List of World War II military aircraft of Germany Luftwaffe serviceable aircraft strengths (1940–1945) The Bomber Command War Diaries Trial of Erhardt Milch Notes References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stalin's Missed Chance (study)- Mikhail Meltyukhov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & . Reprint of the Summary Reports (Europe and the Pacific) of the strategic bombing surveys conducted near the close of World War II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . External links Book Review of American Raiders – discusses some of the Luftwaffe secrets captured at the end of the war. Aerial operations and battles of World War II involving Germany Luftwaffe