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Old 2nd Jun 2014, 08:59
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Chugalug2
 
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An amazing story about an amazing man. Very glad that I caught it.

One thing intrigued though, that he took Goering's claim that the Battle of Britain was a draw, and would have been a Luftwaffe victory had not Hitler wanted his airfleets for Barbarossa. I found this strange coming from an airman (Brown, not Goering).

Surely the job of the Luftwaffe was to achieve Air Superiority on behalf of the Kreigsmarine for its invasion fleet? It failed to do so and the invasion was postponed indefinitely, which is why the RAF (including some attached FAA pilots) celebrates a victory to this day.

Goering failed in this as he did in so much. I was surprised that Brown took his side, ...or was it the RN side that he took?
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