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I'm pretty sure I've read that exhaustion was a factor in the Battle Of Britain - the RAF took measures to ensure that pilots were reasonably well rested betwee
by arethuza 6y ago
I'm pretty sure I've read that exhaustion was a factor in the Battle Of Britain - the RAF took measures to ensure that pilots were reasonably well rested between sorties whereas the Luftwaffe just kept throwing them in again and again.
- bluGill 6y agoThe Germans tended to put their trainers into combat roles meaning that they had trouble training new pilots. In the later days of the war they sometimes told pilots to eject if they saw an enemy plane over friendly ground - there were plenty of airplanes so better to make it back alive and try again than to risk death.
- throwanem 6y agoThe Japanese did the same thing, toward the end of the Pacific War. It wasn't by preference in either case, but because they were so low on pilots that it became a question of whether to use instructors as combat pilots or just not have anyone to fly those missions at all.