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If you blur your eyes, it looks like a late Goya painting.
November 22, 2024 at 10:03 PM
If you blur your eyes, it looks like a late Goya painting.
2/: - more flexible formation-flying and flying at deck-level to evade enemy fighters
- German units operating across a wider area thus thinning out their air cover.
-the Luftwaffe focusing their attention on Dunkirk area during Dynamo while the Battle units were operating further south.
- German units operating across a wider area thus thinning out their air cover.
-the Luftwaffe focusing their attention on Dunkirk area during Dynamo while the Battle units were operating further south.
November 22, 2024 at 9:33 PM
2/: - more flexible formation-flying and flying at deck-level to evade enemy fighters
- German units operating across a wider area thus thinning out their air cover.
-the Luftwaffe focusing their attention on Dunkirk area during Dynamo while the Battle units were operating further south.
- German units operating across a wider area thus thinning out their air cover.
-the Luftwaffe focusing their attention on Dunkirk area during Dynamo while the Battle units were operating further south.
1/: Factors which reduced losses after May 14-
-employing dive-bombing tactics instead of level bombing
-cloudy, murkier weather after May 14.
-better coordinated RAF fighter escort
-increasing exhaustion among Luftwaffe fighter pilots.
-German AA-units having supply & logistical problems.
-employing dive-bombing tactics instead of level bombing
-cloudy, murkier weather after May 14.
-better coordinated RAF fighter escort
-increasing exhaustion among Luftwaffe fighter pilots.
-German AA-units having supply & logistical problems.
November 22, 2024 at 9:27 PM
1/: Factors which reduced losses after May 14-
-employing dive-bombing tactics instead of level bombing
-cloudy, murkier weather after May 14.
-better coordinated RAF fighter escort
-increasing exhaustion among Luftwaffe fighter pilots.
-German AA-units having supply & logistical problems.
-employing dive-bombing tactics instead of level bombing
-cloudy, murkier weather after May 14.
-better coordinated RAF fighter escort
-increasing exhaustion among Luftwaffe fighter pilots.
-German AA-units having supply & logistical problems.
The Battles flew a number of strikes against German motorised columns & bridges. Strategically they may have been pin-pricks but the Battles kept inflicting them right up until the last units departed France on June 15. Some chose to fly with 2-man crews rather than 3 to save weight.
November 22, 2024 at 9:15 PM
The Battles flew a number of strikes against German motorised columns & bridges. Strategically they may have been pin-pricks but the Battles kept inflicting them right up until the last units departed France on June 15. Some chose to fly with 2-man crews rather than 3 to save weight.
After May 14, the Battles were ‘officially’ regulated to night operations but they frequently flew daylight sorties over the next 4 weeks. 5 of the 8 Battle Sqds did not leave France until mid-June. The loss rate was considerably lower after May 14 due to a number of factors.
November 22, 2024 at 9:07 PM
After May 14, the Battles were ‘officially’ regulated to night operations but they frequently flew daylight sorties over the next 4 weeks. 5 of the 8 Battle Sqds did not leave France until mid-June. The loss rate was considerably lower after May 14 due to a number of factors.