Taken from wikipedia
RAF Fighter Command aircraft losses totalled 1087 from July 10 to October 30, 1940, including 53 twin engined fighters.[192] To the RAF figure should be added an additional 376 Bomber Command and 148 Coastal Command aircraft conducting bombing, mining, and reconnaissance operations in defence of the country
Those 'few' paid a pretty big price, yet they went back day after day.
Respect.