AIR DEFENCE BETWEEN THE WARS

The development of the RAF during the interwar years suffered from an evident contradiction. On the one hand, most leading airmen and air theorists assumed that air power was most effective when used in an offensive bombing role. On the other, Britain’s evident vulnerability to air attack, demonstrated during the First World War, made the development of an effective air defence against enemy bombing imperative. For much of the interwar period, it was assumed that the balance of advantage lay with the attacking bomber aircraft. The difference in performance between fighters and bombers was too small to give fighters much chance of getting into the air, finding the enemy and shooting them down. The general view was that possession of a bomber force which could threaten a potential enemy, a…

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