A couple questions to you WW2 historians out there from me on Battle of Britain pilots...specifically RAF pilots...
I have read many books on BOB pilots but have as yet not had any info as far as I remember on these questions I have below...I also know that the average life expectancy of an RAF pilot in WWI was 11 days..
so...
1) On average how many sorties did an RAF pilot fly before he got to fire his guns/or engage the the enemy?...How often did this happen?....I have read some personal RAF accounts in the battle whereby some pilots simply didn't get the chance to fire during the whole battle let alone get a kill even though they were flying on a daily basis throughout the battle...This prompted my question
and the same for the Luftwaffe?
2) What was the average life expectancy of the RAF pilots during the Battle of Britain?
3) What was the average kill score for an RAF pilot?...and the same for Luftwaffe Fighter pilot?
4) How many sorties a day would a pilot fly?
Thanks in advance fellas...~S~
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