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

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Originally Posted by taildraggernut

True, I guess we should have at least given them a sporting chance, it really wasn't cricket we were playing.

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Originally Posted by taildraggernut

around 1,500 British/allied aircrew killed and you failed to provide that option in your argument, do you think we were hiding behind a magic force fileld here? you think we cheated?

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.

Originally Posted by taildraggernut

it's not all about the 110..

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 not 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)

Originally Posted by taildraggernut

and the Germans had the advantage of :

years of massing a war machine they had been secretly developing, so nobody else was prepared because they had a more peacefull vision of the future.

Quite a bit of combat experience gained not only from the outbreak of war but also the combat experience gained by fighting for their fellow fashists in Spain, the sole purpouse of which was to gain an advantage in their sinister plans for war in europe.

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.

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

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

Originally Posted by fruitbat

Yeah its been really good fun, thanks for the invite, !S!

I hope we'll fight each other again in campaign with shorter missions... 3 hours are too much for me