The RAF had more operational Hurricanes in the BofB than Spitfires, and also combat damage to the Hurricane could be repaired far more quickly. It's true that the Hurricane shot down more German aircraft than the Spitfire, but many of those were bombers, Bf110s or Ju87s.

The Hurricane was an outdated design by the standards of the Spitfire and 109E, and its primary task in the Battle was to attack the bomber formations while the Spitfires took on the fighter escorts.

The amount of 'Spitfire snobbery' among Luftwaffe pilots was quite amusing ; none of them ever admitted to being shot down by a Hurricane, it was always a 'Schpitfeuer!'.

But many RAF 'Aces' actually flew Hurricanes in the Battle, including such as Douglas Bader and Bob Stanford-Tuck.

And 'Ginger' Lacey, flying the 'outdated' Hurricane between July and September 1940, was credited with the destruction of no less than thirteen Bf109s......

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