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Old 26th July 2007, 16:27
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Re: Placing the Fairey Battle.

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Originally Posted by Nick Beale View Post
I really do urge you to read Max Hastings' "Bomber Command" on this question and his trenchant observations on just how ill-prepared Bomber command in fact was for what it had always assumed it would do in the event of war.

P.S. I still think Fighter Command did a pretty good job in the Battle of Britain - we're still here, aren't we? - so give the RAF some credit.
Read Hastings. Maybe I am just parrotting him. Then why the argument?

Fighter Command did an outstanding job in the Battle of Britain. Period. Otherwise we'll start on a whole different argument.
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