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    The British fighter planes like the Hurricane and Spitfire were faster and more maneuverable than German planes, making German planes easy targets when they flew in groups. While German planes could only fly for 30 minutes at a time, Britain was producing over 500 new planes monthly and using radar to detect incoming German raids and intercept them, shooting down more German planes and pilots than they lost by the end of 1940 despite being outnumbered.

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    The British fighter planes like the Hurricane and Spitfire were faster and more maneuverable than German planes, making German planes easy targets when they flew in groups. While German planes could only fly for 30 minutes at a time, Britain was producing over 500 new planes monthly and using radar to detect incoming German raids and intercept them, shooting down more German planes and pilots than they lost by the end of 1940 despite being outnumbered.

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    The British fighter planes like the Hurricane and Spitfire were faster and more maneuverable than German planes, making German planes easy targets when they flew in groups. While German planes could only fly for 30 minutes at a time, Britain was producing over 500 new planes monthly and using radar to detect incoming German raids and intercept them, shooting down more German planes and pilots than they lost by the end of 1940 despite being outnumbered.

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    The British fighter planes like the Hurricane and Spitfire were faster and more maneuverable than German planes, making German planes easy targets when they flew in groups. While German planes could only fly for 30 minutes at a time, Britain was producing over 500 new planes monthly and using radar to detect incoming German raids and intercept them, shooting down more German planes and pilots than they lost by the end of 1940 despite being outnumbered.

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    The British fighter planes (the Hurricane and Spitfire) were faster and could move better than

    the German planes. The German planes flew in groups which made them easy targets.

    The German planes could only fly for 30 minutes at a time.

    1644 German pilots were killed, but only 446 RAF pilots were killed in 1940. Britain produced an average of 563 new planes each month between July and September 1940. Britain had RADAR. This meant the British knew where the Germans would be attacking and could meet them and stop them.

    There were fewer pilots in Britain, but between landing and taking off again, they only had short periods of rest while the planes were refuelled. The Germans lost 1652 planes, the RAF only lost 1085. Hitlers bombing of factories didnt work, and factories and industry carried on producing war materials. Bad weather and the skill of the RAF pilots made many of the Luftwaffes raids unsuccessful.

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