Me110: Ill-used in BoB

[Franek Grabowski]

Originally Posted by Nick Beale

I am always surprised at accounts of Bf 110 formations forming defensive circles at the first sign of the RAF. Understandable as that may be if you are Bf 110 crewman and want to live, what is the point of flying all the way to England just to do that? It sounds as if there was some issue of training, morale or doctrine there somewhere.

The circle is not necessarily defensive, and was often used as an offensive formation. It was often seen in Poland in 1939, hence I presume the tactics was to keep aircraft over a particular area to be covered.
PS Still, the Alcorn's study is a nonsense.