Ok, here we go, the BoB.
Analysis from the souvenir issue of aeroplane, July 2000.
John Alcorn's Top Guns article.
His sources are many, including Shores, Price, and the LW losses listed by FRancis K. Mason (Battle over Britain).
So, to the Guns of RAF fighters in those months in questions, there fell 1194 aircraft with little doubt, another 34 may be added, unknown alltogether 102, with various others (landing accidents NOT included) which all are BoB related, the sum is 1.609 aircraft.
Often have 1.700 been mentioned, and I actually belived it was then for the period ca 10th of June to Christmas or so. But that may not be it since the number would then be higher.
Anyway, the author mentions losses of batle engaged units whose fate could not be traced, as well as some other uncertain losses not listed by the quartermaster's records.
RAF losses are less detailed, but his number is 830, not broken down at all. It is the highest I have heard so far, but not by far.
I belive the RAF lost like 400 crew.
THe top scoring RAF squad is 603 with 57 kills, there off are 47 109's.
The wicked 610 who had given JG52 some bad time has only 24 109's to their credit.
One Hurricane squadron performed nicely, 501 sqn has 40 in the bag, there off 30 109's.
Top 109 killers: Brian Carbury 15, Lock 13, Lacey 13, Gray 11, etc.
LW lost a lot of 110's apparently, 208, thereoff 80 to Spits, 128 to Hurry's.
As a comparison, the Spits bagged some 282 109's while Hurris did 222.
Anyway, the BoB boils down to many results, such as it being the first time the LW met a properly organized airforce which in the following they failed utterly to subdue.
Or, the bad days they had, making 10% of their bomber force shot down or unusable in a day.
AFAIK the LW lost more aircraft from June to Dec 1940 than on the eastern front in 1944, now that's rather interesting wouldn't you say?
