It is certainly true that the Hurricane shot down more enemy aircraft than the Spitfire in absoloute terms but what the kill ratios quoted here would lead me to believe that if we had an all Spitfire force we would have shot down significantly more enemy aircraft.
At a time when the edge against the the enemy was at it’s most important, the Hurricane was certainly there in greater numbers. However if you were their at the time taking the decisions, I am sure you would have wanted more Spitfires if was not for production problems.
The Battle of Britain was won due to a variety of reasons and a very close run thing it was. In any area where we could have had less of an edge than we did, then that could have proved pivotal in the enemies favour. For that reason, I believe the Spitfire played a pivotal role in our favour during Battle of Britain along with the Hurricane, Radar etc,etc.
The Hurricane because it was there in large numbers and the Spitfire due to it’s superior preformance and because there was enough of them to have made a difference in the actual fighting.
Thats my opinion anyway.
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