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Offline Wilfrid

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"The remaining six Hurricanes then tore into the 50 Heinkels and split them up"
« on: July 29, 2003, 04:12:29 PM »
Ripped from AGW, cos its a damn good read.

Low level attack during the BoB


6 vs 50. Wow.

And:

"...To fend off any attacks made by these aircraft, the RAF had only 825 fighters which consisted of 520 Hurricanes and 258 Spitfires"

Thats not much more than the capacity of the MA. To save a nation, a way of life and ultimately the war.
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Offline Dowding

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"The remaining six Hurricanes then tore into the 50 Heinkels and split them up"
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2003, 05:20:12 PM »
Excllent read mate. Sir Winston had it right.
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Offline Wilfrid

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"The remaining six Hurricanes then tore into the 50 Heinkels and split them up"
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2003, 05:44:41 PM »
There's a lot of pride in the RAF in Britain - and rightly so. It's just sometimes I forget about the actual numbers involved , and what would have happened if it had gone the other way.

I currently live in Germany and the similarities our two nations share surprise me every day.

As in: I hear German people have conversations around me, eventually translate it into English in my head and can easily hear them in brummie or newcastle accents :D

They're nice people.
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Offline Oldman731

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"The remaining six Hurricanes then tore into the 50 Heinkels and split them up"
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2003, 08:01:24 PM »
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Originally posted by Wilfrid
There's a lot of pride in the RAF in Britain

Unless I am mistaken, BoB was the only time in WWII that a nation's air force successfully defended against a determined strategic air assault.  Am I missing something?

- oldman
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Offline ramzey

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"The remaining six Hurricanes then tore into the 50 Heinkels and split them up"
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2003, 09:56:39 PM »
yeap, u miss

Malta battle
Whole Fin war
Italians strike on Greece can be counted too
Whole Guadalcanal battle
Moscow battle

i supose i miss something and somone can add som too
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Offline Oldman731

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"The remaining six Hurricanes then tore into the 50 Heinkels and split them up"
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2003, 10:51:40 PM »
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yeap, u miss

Malta battle
Whole Fin war
Italians strike on Greece can be counted too
Whole Guadalcanal battle
Moscow battle

i supose i miss something and somone can add som too

Guadalcanal, Moscow and Malta are not really campaigns against a nation; more in the nature of tactical battles.  Finland, perhaps, I'm not familiar with the nature of the Russian air assault (I thought they were mostly tactical ground support).

I'm thinking US v. Japanese home islands...US and England v. Germany...that sort of thing.

- oldman
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Offline Kronos

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« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2003, 03:13:11 AM »
How much to rent the space Wilfrid?????  :D
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Offline Wilfrid

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"The remaining six Hurricanes then tore into the 50 Heinkels and split them up"
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2003, 05:11:29 AM »
That depends Kronos, how much ya got?
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