Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!military From: ferrill@milton.u.washington.edu (Arther Ferrill) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: RAF Message-ID: <1990Jun4.192310.1984@cbnews.att.com> Date: 4 Jun 90 19:23:10 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 14 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Arther Ferrill Bitnet Address: ferrill@max.bitnet Office Phone: (206) 543-4797 Home Phone: (206) 282-6139 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.2 PL0] Can anybody tell me what the total manpower strength of the RAF was in 1940 when churchill gave the "Never have so many..." speech. I know that he was referring only to a few hundred fighter pilots, but I would like to know total strength, say at the end of the year or exactly at the time of the speech if possible. Also would appreciate having a reference that I could refer to in a footnote.