Hitler's bid to launch his full-scale invasion of Britain hinged on the Germans acheiving air superiority. In this episode of WWII In Numbers we take a look at the figures and see why this was never achieved during the Battle of Britain in 1940, and how despite common belief, the RAF weren’t as outnumbered as everyone thinks…

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