I'm enjoying this thread but have to be up early so I'm off to bed. I'll be at the match tomorrow but will have my phone with me to discuss further. I think I've decided on the Bricklayers Arms in Putney 😊
Wasn't Britain, at one point at least, on the point of starvation? The escorting of merchant ships would have used up vital resources that might have been used elsewhere in defending the coastline. Building as many fighters is one thing, replacing exhausted aircrew is quite another, and the RAF...