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Old February 28th, 2008, 03:17 PM
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Default Re: Battle of Britian

I found this on Wiki but can't vouch for accuracy

Strength:
Great Britain
754 single-seat fighters
149 two-seat fighters
560 bombers
500 coastal
1,963 total

Germany
1,107 single-seat fighters
357 two-seat fighters
1,380 bombers
428 dive-bombers
569 reconnaissance
233 coastal
4,074 total

Casualties and losses
Great Britain
Fighter Command: 1,023 fighters
Bomber Command: 376 bombers
Coastal Command: 148 aircraft
1,547 total
27,450 civilians dead,
32,138 wounded

Germany
873 fighters
1,014 bombers
1,887 total.


If this is true, then the Luftwaffe could have subdued the RAF. The downed aircraft are not the only figures here but also the pilots who are fatigued. They would not be able to continue on for much longer and it has been noted that the RAF did reach that point when the accidental bombing of London took place. It was then the German pilot's turn to be fatigued. I am surprised that it was Kesselring who wanted a strategy to bomb the cities vs Sperrle's strategy of hitting the airfields.
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