aerial victories of german bomber crews

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Peter Cook

… an analysis of the RAF loss records and combat reports for the first two months of the Battle of Britain (10 July - 31 August) indicates that 25 RAF fighters were destroyed and five damaged by return fire from bombers. This is versus total approximate losses over the same period of 400 destroyed and 299 damaged.

Peter

It might also relevant to the treatment of claims that day bombers were supposed to be defended by the collective fire of a formation rather than "every man for himself".