BoB & Spitfire vs Hurricane (vs 109-ish) - an interesting viewpoint

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Ehi what's wrong with you?

Nothing, and I haven't said theres anything wrong with you either, can nobody here argue a point without bringing sanity into question?

Did Germans had that force field? Did they never died in their cockpits?
I didn't put the option since there was not a reason... dead is dead over any territory.

Did I say that? but like you say it doesn't matter what territory you fight over, it doesn't immunise you from death by being over home, so what if 109's could only do 15 mins CAp, 15 minutes is a long time when you are trying not to be killed, 15 minutes is plenty of time for an uberfighter to take out a few inept island monkeys.

What's about then? The 110 was the only one fighter who could CAP over England because of his range. The 109s were better fighters but not could provide air superiority alone. With an automomy of 15 minutes over London they could do very much... what it they went to battle using droptanks to increase their autonomy?

They could "protect" the bombers staying directly over english airbases, attacking the Spits/Hurries during their path for the bomber stream. This is air superiority.

Germany made a mistake when started the battle with this kind of equipment (and we can say the same about Stukas, great CAS machine who NEED air superiority to survive)

like I said it's not all about the 110, spits and hurris were trying to shoot down, JU-87, JU-88, DO-17, HE-111, BF110, and BF109 in overwhelming numbers, are you saying the 109's protecting bombers meant they couldn't engage.....what the hell do you think they were protecting bombers from? the channel?

They are responsible for that advantage... British and French were responsible for they lack of weapons... They could have prepared themself long before the war.

could they? the German war machine was being developed in secret, what were we supposed to be preparing for if we didn't know it was coming until very late?

Instead the Channel is responsable for itself alone... the Germans have lost so much because of it..

yeah, while the British were trying to figure out how to tie shoe laces the channel was shooting bullets.

So, I repeat my opinion: UK won the battle, of course, but more because Nazis' stupidity than for allied pilots' skill and machines.

repeat away, I don't believe you, Nazis weren't stupid because they were german, and the British did a hell of a better job than you are giving credit.