- 08 Apr 2009 22:49
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Here... lets see how many planes they had and how many were shot down...
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ba ... ritain.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blitz
300 is a decent number I would think? Aye?
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ba ... ritain.htm
At the start of the war, Germany had 4,000 aircraft compared to Britain's front-line strength of 1,660. By the time of the fall of France, the Luftwaffe (the German air force) had 3,000 planes based in north-west Europe alone including 1,400 bombers, 300 dive bombers, 800 single engine fighter planes and 240 twin engine fighter bombers. At the start of the battle, the Luftwaffe had 2,500 planes that were serviceable and in any normal day, the Luftwaffe could put up over 1,600 planes. The RAF had 1,200 planes on the eve of the battle which included 800 Spitfires and Hurricanes - but only 660 of these were serviceable. The rate of British plane production was good - the only weakness of the RAF was the fact that they lacked sufficient trained and experienced pilots. Trained pilots had been killed in the war in France and they had not been replaced.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blitz
Casualties and losses
1,023 fighters
376 bombers
148 Coastal Command aircraft
300 is a decent number I would think? Aye?