The spitfire got the fame but the Hurricanes did the work.
The old argument.
Yes, the Hurricane was critically important. Its numbers gave the RAF the ability to fight a protracted battle, especially the fact that so often it could be put back into service quickly after being damaged.
But the Spitfire gave the RAF the ability to take on the top German fighters on an equal footing, and that mattered a great deal as well.
Each plane found its niche and performed superbly in that niche. Yes, the Spits got the most attention, and the Hurries don’t always get the credit they were due, but that can’t be corrected by simply switching the credit from one side to the other.
The Spifire life does not start and end with the BoB...Hurricanes were already obsolete by 41 as a front line fighter... Spit MkV were it in 41 then Spit MkIx to take on the FW190 then Spiit Mk14 with the Griffon engine... the last Spitfire Mk24 were in front line fighter service in 51 in Hong Kong
Spitfires were typically vectored to the German fighters and the Hurricanes to the bombers. Gotta love the Brits for their development of radar plus a functional, real time air battle command and control during the Battle of Britain.
>>The spitfire got the fame but the Hurricanes did the work.<<
Well, there were more of them. They were cheaper and easier to build. they sure killed a lot of pilots though. They really were not a good match to the Luftwaffe planes though. Kinda like the P-40’s after Pearl Harbor.