Some of you may know the excellent Aviation Classics magazine that publishes every couple of months and exclusively focuses on one particular aircraft each time. Here's a viewpoint from the September 2010 issue by an ex-BBMF pilot I thought you might like to read...
http://www.aviationclassics.co.uk/ne...e-or-hurricane
I'm not sure I agree with his conclusion as to why the RAF 'won' the BoB, that's perhaps more subjective than his personal Spitfire and Hurricane flying experience. I think it was also heavily influenced by two other factors, one being Goering's instructions for the 109s to tie themselves to the bombers but there's another aspect that's often overlooked. It was considered to be 'won' because the LW did not return to try again in 1941. Well, I was a guest at an Ex-Aircrew Association meeting a couple of weeks ago when Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown was giving a talk. He told us of how he was asked to interview Herman Goering during the time of the Nuremberg trials and he asked Goering "who won the Battle of Britain?". Goering claimed it was a draw. He could not continue the Battle because Hitler had ordered him to withdraw much of his strength to prepare for operation Barbarossa.
I often wonder what would have happened if the Battle had resumed?