Need assistance: Role of the Luftwaffe/Germany in the Battle of Britain?

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by FalkeEins

a process that could no doubt be aided by a 'demonstration de force'; harassing shipping in the Channel, sending a few hundred bombers & fighters over now & again and drawing up loads of barges where they could be photographed was all the Germans could do to try and influence such an outcome...

"A few hundred" - oh, is that all? Given that a Gruppe could wreck an aerodrome or an aircraft factory, such numbers were hardly negligible.

"Now & then" - on how many days when weather permitted was at least one substantial raid not mounted?

Does anyone dispute that German fighter production was being outstripped by losses during the Battle? Did Fighter Command's strength increase or not?

And is anyone arguing that the Luftwaffe was the only air force in history to go over to night bombing because their daylight operations had been such a success?

P.S. the barges were not only photographed, they were taken out of productive use and were being converted to "landing craft." Troops were being trained for landing operations, something the British picked up from Ultra (which the Germans knew nothing of) rather than photo opportunities.