German and Allied order of battle for Operation Bodenplatte

The Allies had the following forces:[2] No. 83 Group RAF:

No. 84 Group RAF:

No. 2 Group RAF:

Ninth Air Force:

Although some of its units were present, the Eighth Air Force is not listed on the Allied order of battle.

• Bekker, Cajus. Angriffshöhe 4000. ISBN 3-453-87098-0
• Caldwell, Don.JG 26; Top Guns of the Luftwaffe. New York: Ballantine Books, 1991. ISBN 0-8041-1050-6
• Caldwell, Donald L. (1994). JG 26 Photographic History of the Luftwaffe's Top Gun. Motorbooks International Publishers & Wholesalers. ISBN 0-87938-845-5.
• Caldwell, Donald L.; Muller, Richard R. (2007). The Luftwaffe over Germany: Defense of the Reich. London, UK: Greenhill Books. ISBN 978-1-85367-712-0.
• Cooper, Mathew (1981), The German Air Force 1933-1945: An Anatomy of Failure, New York: Jane's Publishing Incorporated, ISBN 0-531-03733-9
• Cox and Gray, Sebastian and Peter (2002). Air Power History: Turning Points from Kitty Hawk to Kosovo. Frank Cass. ISBN 0-7146-8257-8
• de Zeng, H.L; Stanket, D.G; Creek, E.J. Bomber Units of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945; A Reference Source, Volume 1. Ian Allan Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1-85780-279-5
• de Zeng, H.L; Stanket, D.G; Creek, E.J. Bomber Units of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945; A Reference Source, Volume 2. Ian Allan Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1-903223-87-1
• Forsythe, Robert. JV 44; The Galland Circus. Burgess Hill, West Sussex, UK: Classic Publications, 1996. ISBN 0-9526867-0-8
• Forsythe, Robert & Laurier, Jagdverband 44: Squadron of Experten. Osprey. London. 2008. ISBN 978-1-84603-294-3
• Franks, Norman The Battle of the Airfields: 1 January 1945. Grub Street. 1994. London. ISBN 0-7183-0448-9 & ISBN 1-902304-42-X
• Franks, Norman Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War: Volume 3, Operational Losses, Aircraft and Crews 1944-1945. (Incorporating Air Defence Great Britain and 2nd TAF Midland. 2000. London. ISBN 1-85780-093-1
• Girbig, Werner (1975), Six Months to Oblivion: Defeat of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force Over the Western Front, 1944/45, New York: Hippocrene Books, ISBN 978-0-88254-360-4.
• Girbig, Werner (1989), Start im Morgengrauen, Germany: Pietsch-Verlag Paul Pietsch Verlage GmbH + Co, ISBN 3-613-01292-8.
• Girbig, Werner (2007), Six Months to Oblivion: Defeat of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force Over the Western Front, 1944/45, Schiffer Publishing, ISBN 978-0-88740-348-4.
• Hall, Cargill (1998), Case Studies In Strategic Bombardment, Air Force History and Museums Program, ISBN 0-16-049781-7.
• Johnson, J.E. Wing Leader (Fighter Pilots). London: Goodall Publications Ltd. 2000 (original edition 1956). ISBN 0-907579-87-6.
• Manrho, John; Pütz, Ron (2004), Bodenplatte: The Luftwaffe's Last Hope-The Attack on Allied Airfields, New Year's Day 1945, Ottringham, United Kingdom: Hikoki Publications, ISBN 1-902109-40-6.
• National Archives. (2000) The Rise and Fall of the German Air Force, 1933-1945. ISBN 978-1-905615-30-8
• Peszke, Michael Alfred (October 1980). "A Synopsis of Polish-Allied Military Agreements During World War Two". Military Affairs. 44 (3): 128–134. doi:10.2307/1987437.
• Prien, Jochen & Stemmer, Gerhard. Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" in World War II. Atlgen, Germany: Schiffer Military History, 2002. ISBN 0-7643-1681-8
• Schramm, Percy E., ed. (1982). Kriegstagebuch des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht: 1944-1945 Teilband II (revised ed.). München: Bernard & Graefe Verlag. ISBN 3-88199-073-9.
• Weal, John. Jagdgeschwader 27 'Afrika'. Osprey, London. 2003. ISBN 1-84176-538-4
• Weal, John. Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Aces of the Western Front. Osprey, London. 1996. ISBN 978-1-85532-595-1
• Weal, John. Bf 109 Defence of the Reich Aces. Osprey, London. 2006. ISBN 1-84176-879-0
• Weinberg, Gerhard. A World At Arms, Cambridge University Press: 2 edition, 2005, ISBN 978-0-521-61826-7
• Zaloga, Steven J., Gerrard, Howard. Battle of the Bulge (2). London: Osprey Publishing, 2004. ISBN 1-84176-810-3