Chug
I take your points, but I feel the issue is that if the Luftwaffe had not abruptly called off the BoB when they did (because of H wanting the Russian front) then things could easily have finished up with many of our airfields being inop resulting in a a very different result.
That is what it seemed to me the programme suggested was behind Goering's remark and Eric's agreement. Living as I did at Hastings under the BoB I have no trouble believing the Luftwaffe stopped rather than were beaten.
That said I fully accept that if the RAF had not performed as well as they did it would have been all over for us in the air about 2/3 the way though the BoB period.
JF