Friday Update, April 13, 2012

[Moggy]

Originally Posted by VO101_Tom

I do not doubt that they fought against fighters, but the Hurricane primarily responsible was shooting down the bombers. (or i miss something? Spitfire praise is actually a fake thing?)

That was how it supposed to be Tom (and the generally accepted truth), unfortunately it rarely turned out that way. During the battle, raids tended to be intercepted at squadron strength (especially for the 1st 2 months of the battle) be it Hurricanes, Spitfires etc. The plan of having Hurris attacking bombers and Spits tackling the 109 escorts just really didn't take place until later in the battle when 12 group came into their own during the battle over London. There was more time to organize the fighters and assign them to the correct altitude\vectors.