If the LW was not running out of a/c then why was it that those units participating in the BoB could not be kept at establishment strength? In fact, they had a decreasing number of a/c available.
April 1940,
5,178 aircraft: 671 reconnaissance, 1,620 fighters, 1,726 bombers, 419 dive bombers, 46 ground attack, 230 coastal, and 466 transport.
October 1940 - 1,420
November 1940 - 1,423
December 1940 - 1,393
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which show they had a steady around 1400 bombers during the whole battle, +/- 20, even increasing somewhat towards the end
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That should be decreasing somewhat towards the end and some 300 less than in April 1940.
numbers from Strategy for Defeat.