Blitzkrieg Advantages

At the onset of war in late 1939 through 1940, a mix of overwhelming German ground advances backed up by swift strategic German air attacks, generally known as “blitzkrieg” or lightning war, rendered the air forces of Poland, the lower countries, and ultimately even France, along with many other countries totally useless as German troops quickly took over air bases following bombardment (“Timeline of World War II”). For the U.K., however, the English Channel and a lack of surface ships in the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) prevented a similar fate. Only German aircraft could reach Britain, and thus the Battle of Britain commenced (History.com Staff). From the start the British had many advantages, such as interior lines (they defended a small area while the Germans were spread out from a large one) and radar, but the primary advantage was that this was their home turf: they never lost pilots unless the pilots failed to eject and their fighters required less
By 1942, even the -190 ended up being matched by the Spitfire IX variant (Guilmartin “Spitfire”). As the war progressed new tactics became increasingly common; the finger four (four aircraft aligned roughly with the tips of your fingers, used for standard flying formation), rudder reversal (combination of a sudden turn and brake or snap roll; if an enemy pilot is conducting a diving attack, a rudder reversal would cause the diver to overshoot, thereby turning the tables), and the split-S (a barrel roll into a 180-degree dive to position one’s self behind aircraft that were underneath you and moving in the opposite direction) were among the most commonly used fighter tactics