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Daily History Hangfire: Which Unsung British Airplane Shot Down More Nazis Than the Famed Spitfire?

When Churchill made his famous tribute to the men of the RAF in August 1940, telling Parliament that “never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few,” it was the _______ that deserved the lion’s share of the Prime Minister’s accolade.

For every two Luftwaffe planes brought down by the Spitfires, three were shot down by ______.

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When Churchill made his famous tribute to the men of the RAF in August 1940, telling Parliament that “never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few,” it was the _______ that deserved the lion’s share of the Prime Minister’s accolade.

For every two Luftwaffe planes brought down by the Spitfires, three were shot down by ______.

Read the full article and answer here.

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