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Old 05-24-2012, 12:19 PM
Skoshi Tiger Skoshi Tiger is offline
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Originally Posted by macro View Post
The raf took heavier losses? Didnt know that. I thought they had to shoot them down at a better rate than 2-1 to win

Don't think so
After a quick search I found this. I'm sure there are other sources. From my understanding Britain had more of a problem replacing pilots than planes. Still they did have the home ground advantage.

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Total losses of aircraft in the Battle of Britain


Month----------------RAF------Luftwaffe
July (from10th)------90--------165
August--------------399-------612
September-----------416------ 554
October-------------182------- 321
Total----------------1087----- 1652
http://cz-raf.hyperlink.cz/BoB/stat.html

Last edited by Skoshi Tiger; 05-24-2012 at 12:30 PM.