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if they had mounted a few more guns to the front of a defiant it would have faired better
Whenever I see this "Spit went for fighters so Hurricane could do the bombers" stuff, I politely ask people to back the statement up, or to withdraw it. Sure enough, no one has the facts to back it up...
Always thought the hurricane was kind of a supernumerary to it all. Never fully appreciated the job she did or her rather subtle qualities that made possible such a huge difference between winning and losing.
Stanford Tuck speaks highly of her in his book.
Both powered by god's own Merlin.
I love to see them both fly.
John
I attended the Virginia Beach Military Aviation Museum's, Warbirds over the Beach Air Show last May. The great thrill for me was the opporunity to see 7 merlins take to the sky in flybys by a Hurricane, a Spitfire, a P-51D aand a Lancaster. The many radials (F4U, FM-2, AD-4, B-17, B-25 and many others) roared while the Merlins just purred.
Mal
That is, in fact, a bit of a myth; Dowding was not included in the list of those permitted to see the Ultra decrypts, until the Battle was virtually over. It was largely down to Park's intuition and masterly use of his resources, backed up by Dowding, which makes their treatment, after the Battle, even more offensive.Were I to attempt to compare how the battle was affected by all material and circumstances, I would, no must, include Ultra and the wisdom with which it was used by RAF High Command.
Voted for the Defiant the one and only, the ultimate, the never to be beaten, the top turret fighter of all time 8)
Voted for the Defiant the one and only, the ultimate, the never to be beaten, the top turret fighter of all time 8)