WW2 Battle of Britain, how many bombers (or fighters) did the Hurricane shoot down, compared to the Spitfire?

[Stig1207]

30 Hurricane squadrons were credited with 655 victories, at 22.5 per squadron.

19 Spitfire squadrons were credited with 530 victories, at 28 per Squadron.

Who shot down most bombers or fighters would be a labour of love for someone trawling through a good reference like The Battle of Britain Then and Now, but it won't be me.

It is true that the intention that Hurricane squadrons should engage the bombers and close escort while the Spitfire squadrons engaged the higher flying escorts was expressed on several occasions. In reality it proved a policy impossible to implement. The state of a squadron's readiness and its geographical position relative to an incoming raid always over rode considerations of the type it operated.

Those figures seem remarkably accurate compared to German losses; are they official credits from the RAF at the time or post-war?

 

[stona]

Those figures seem remarkably accurate compared to German losses; are they official credits from the RAF at the time or post-war?

Post war.

They don't cover the entire period either, but since I can't find the reference I took them from I can't say for sure the exact dates. My guess is the three months, August-October inclusive.

 

[Stig1207]

Thanks.
July wouldn't add a lot the total, so all in all a good match with Luftwaffe losses.

 

[JDCAVE]

The ORB's are available online and are currently free for download. The OP should 1) determine all the Fighter Command Squadrons operational during the BoB and 2) search all the available ORB records and report back. Here's the list for August, 1940, No. 1 Squadron. Also available for download are the combat reports.
RAF AIR 27 :: ::

Squadron Number: 1 Summary of Events: Y | The National Archives

My interest is in Bomber Command, so I will leave this exercise for the OP.

Jim