Battle of Britain books. Recommendations?

Originally Posted by Al Schlageter

If the LW was not running out of a/c then why was it that those units participating in the BoB could not be kept at establishment strength? In fact, they had a decreasing number of a/c available.

April 1940,
5,178 aircraft: 671 reconnaissance, 1,620 fighters, 1,726 bombers, 419 dive bombers, 46 ground attack, 230 coastal, and 466 transport.

October 1940 - 1,420
November 1940 - 1,423
December 1940 - 1,393



That should be decreasing somewhat towards the end and some 300 less than in April 1940.

numbers from Strategy for Defeat.

Erm, Hitler put a stop to it all in September, concentrating on the preparation of the Operation Barbarossa, a logistic strain way much bigger than the Battle of Britain. Operation Seeloewe wasn't lost according to the Germans, was just put on hold.