Table of Contents
- 1 Who asked Goering for a squadron of Spitfires?
- 2 Who said give me a squadron of Spitfires?
- 3 Where did they get the planes for the Battle of Britain movie?
- 4 Who played the burned pilot in the Battle of Britain?
- 5 Who commanded the Luftwaffe?
- 6 Who was the leader of the Luftwaffe in ww2?
- 7 What was the Luftwaffe’s immediate problem in 1940?
- 8 Why didn’t the Luftwaffe use the Bf 110 in WW2?
Who asked Goering for a squadron of Spitfires?
chief Hermann
In the summer of 1940, Spitfires and Hurricanes shot down hundreds of German aircraft over Britain. So feared was the fighter, that German ace Adolf Galland asked Nazi air force chief Hermann Goering for a squadron of Spitfires to allow the Luftwaffe to take on the RAF on equal terms.
Who said give me a squadron of Spitfires?
“Adolf Galland rated the Spitfire so highly he told Goering ‘Give me a squadron of Spitfires’.” – Here’s a quote from his book The First And The Last: “The theme of fighter protection was chewed over again and again.
Is Adolf Galland still alive?
Deceased (1912–1996)
Adolf Galland/Living or Deceased
Where did they get the planes for the Battle of Britain movie?
For the German aircraft, the producers obtained 32 CASA 2.111 twin-engined bombers, a Spanish-built version of the German Heinkel He 111H-16. They also located 27 Hispano Aviación HA-1112 M1L ‘Buchon’ single-engined fighters, a Spanish version of the German Messerschmitt Bf 109.
Who played the burned pilot in the Battle of Britain?
Bill Foxley
Warrant Officer William Geoffrey Foxley (17 August 1923 – 5 December 2010) was a trainee navigator with RAF Bomber Command during World War II who suffered severe burns following a crash.
Who flew the planes in the Battle of Britain?
The first night operations took place in September and October 1940 and on the night of 19/20 November 1940, a Beaufighter IF, equipped with AI radar downed a Ju 88. The aircraft from 604 Squadron was flown by Flt Lt. John Cunningham, scoring the first of his 20 victories.
Who commanded the Luftwaffe?
Hermann Göring
The Luftwaffe had only two commanders-in-chief throughout its history: Hermann Göring and later Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim for the last two weeks of the war. The Luftwaffe was deeply involved in Nazi war crimes.
Who was the leader of the Luftwaffe in ww2?
| Hermann Göring | |
|---|---|
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe | |
| In office 1 March 1935 – 24 April 1945 | |
| Führer | Adolf Hitler |
Did Spitfires really shoot down German Heinkel 177s?
A World War II era British propaganda poster shows a group of Spitfires shooting down German Heinkel 177s. The Luftwaffe’s fearsome reputation was enhanced by the pushover German victories in Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. In July 1940, it was about twice the size of the RAF, but the critical measure was not gross numbers.
What was the Luftwaffe’s immediate problem in 1940?
However, the Luftwaffe’s immediate problem in 1940 was that the subjugation of Britain was not the kind of mission it was prepared to perform. Its strength was Blitzkrieg, the short, fast “lightning war” in which the German Army, supported by Stuka air strikes, swept through Poland in 1939 and Western Europe in 1940.
Why didn’t the Luftwaffe use the Bf 110 in WW2?
The Luftwaffe also had the Bf 110, nominally a twin-engine fighter. It had good speed and range, but it was not agile enough to take on RAF fighters. Germany might have done well to use it instead as a fighter-bomber—which it did later in the war—but it was rarely employed in that role in 1940.
Why did the Luftwaffe use dive bombers in WW2?
In both the Blitzkrieg and the war in Spain, the Luftwaffe’s forte was close air support of ground forces. The officer corps was infatuated with the dive bomber. It had worked well for the Condor Legion in Spain, where pilots had difficulty hitting targets from high altitude.