:16:10
They just fell on us.
:16:13
They got my number two
and the C.O.
:16:15
You saw Canfield go down?
:16:18
It blew up.
:16:20
Just blew up.
:16:40
- Bad as we thought?
- Worse.
:16:42
Kenley and Biggenor
are shambles again...
:16:43
and the rest
are not much better.
:16:45
God knows how many aircraft
we'll have in the morning.
:16:48
All because 12 Group
didn't do their stuff.
:16:49
Leigh-Mallory
and his so-called Big Wings.
:16:52
Might as well stay on the ground
for all the use they are.
:16:55
We were up, sir.
:16:56
Trying to knock out
the enemy en masse.
:17:00
But it takes time to assemble 40
or 50 aircraft at 15,000 feet.
:17:03
It takes far too long.
:17:05
By the time
your Big Wing is up...
:17:07
the enemy have hit their targets
and are on their way home.
:17:10
All that matters is to shoot
them down in large numbers.
:17:14
I'd rather destroy fifty after
they've hit their targets...
:17:17
than ten before.
:17:19
Don't forget the targets are
my airfields, Leigh-Mallory...
:17:22
and you're not getting fifty.
You're not even getting ten.
:17:25
Gentlemen, you're missing
the essential truth.
:17:30
We're short
of two hundred pilots.
:17:33
Those we have are tired,
strained...
:17:36
and all overdue for relief.
:17:41
We're fighting for survival.
:17:45
Losing.
:17:51
We don't need a big wing
or a small wing.
:17:55
We need pilots.