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Re: Did RAF Prevent Operation Sealion?
After 1992 when soviet archives were opened, there was a possibility for historians to confront records from Battle of Britain on both sides.
Result was a bit disappointing for RAF - it looks that figures of destroyed German aircrafts were "bettered" between 30 to 50%.
Translating it to common English - Germans were not able to produce fighters
and bombers faster than RAF destroyed them, but miraculously they were able to fight, when theoretically they would just cease to exist.
No wonder that historians were searching and crushing "myths".
All over, official figures were down at least 45 to 50%. Nothing to blame pilots, they reported "kills" and "probable" in good will.
I believe that this article about RAF contra Navy has got it's roots from "downplaying and reducing" of tryumphant RAF victories figures in 1940.
Anyway, good discussion point!
Cheers,
lancer44
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