Battle of Britain (1969)
Patrick Wymark: Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Quotes
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Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory : [protesting to Dowding] We were up, sir, trying to knock out the enemy air mass. It takes time to assemble forty or fifty aircraft at...
Air Vice Marshal Keith Park : [interrupting] It takes far too long! By the time your "Big Wing" is up, the enemies have already hit their targets and are on their way home.
Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory : All that matters is to shoot them down in large numbers. I'd rather destroy fifty after they've hit their targets than ten before.
Air Vice Marshal Keith Park : Don't forget, the targets are my airfields, Leigh-Mallory. And you're not getting fifty. You're not even getting ten!