Day One - 129 B-52's participate. 3 B-52's shot down. 2 heavily damaged.
Day Two - 93 B-52's participate. No B-52's shot down. 1 heavily damaged.
Day Three - 72 B-52's participate. 6 B-52's shot down. 1 severely damaged. 3 B-52's were lost in the first wave. The 2nd wave was aborted because of the heavy losses in the first wave. The 3rd wave lost 3 more B-52's.
Day Four - 30 B-52's participate. 2 B-52's shot down.
Day Five - No attack on Hanoi.
"Linebacker II cost SAC 15 B-52s shot down and nine damaged. These figures are based on USAF records and should be accepted with caution. The USAF has a track record, going back to the Korean conflict, of hiding aircraft and pilot losses."
Resume your denial, oh ye who alone considers themself worthy of determining who may participate.
Sure, sure, the AF lies...
Be sure to document that somewhere.
Day 5 was against heavily-defended Haiphong Harbor. No losses. Few strategic targets were left in Hanoi.
Day 6 to Day 11: 4 losses, almost 400 bomber sorties.
No strategic targets left. 500 rail interdictions had taken place, 372 pieces of rolling stock and three million gallons of petroleum products were destroyed, and 80 percent of North Vietnam’s electrical power production capability had been eliminated.
NVN had been forced to return to negotiations; all POWs were released in Feb 1973.