BoB & Spitfire vs Hurricane (vs 109-ish) - an interesting viewpoint

[phoenix1963]

Perhaps the really interesting question is, if the Luftwaffe had continued to attack airfields and radar stations, could they have achieved good enough air superiority for an invasion (I know they didn't really have enough barges in the right places and so on, but that's not my question)?

Personally, I suspect they would have struggled. In some sense the effective loss to Fighter Command of Manston as a forward base is a partial indication of what would have happened - Fighter Command would have withdrawn to bases further inland, which would have meant some loss of air superiority over the coast, but a fair degree of invulnerability.

I wonder though if the Blenheims attacking landing craft and a beachhead would have survived though!

56RAF_phoenix

[bw_wolverine]

Originally Posted by phoenix1963

Perhaps the really interesting question is, if the Luftwaffe had continued to attack airfields and radar stations, could they have achieved good enough air superiority for an invasion (I know they didn't really have enough barges in the right places and so on, but that's not my question)?

Personally, I suspect they would have struggled. In some sense the effective loss to Fighter Command of Manston as a forward base is a partial indication of what would have happened - Fighter Command would have withdrawn to bases further inland, which would have meant some loss of air superiority over the coast, but a fair degree of invulnerability.

I wonder though if the Blenheims attacking landing craft and a beachhead would have survived though!

56RAF_phoenix

There's been a few games that cover this question (albeit, maybe not too sophisticatedly). I think there was a Panzer General game that let you run Operation Sea Lion.