One thing not to forget is that the Royal Navy did fight in areas where they did not have air superiority - principally the Med. They took severe losses but were able to dominate the sea despite the forces ranged against them. Rommel constantly suffered from a shortage of supplies due to the lack of control of the sea - and this was about defending Egypt and Malta, not mainland Britain.
The old addage is the "Germans a week away from winning the Battle of Britain, but Hitler made them change strategy" is often mentioned in these discussions.All the attacks on the airfields did was cause disruption in defence - in the end they could have pulled back which would have diluted the ability to defend, but not stop it. A reverse position, not often discussed was the decision to send 12 squadrons to France in 1939 - a force not large enough to secure air superiority, but large enough to suffer significant losses which were missed in the Battle of Britain. Those 12 squadrons - arguebly the best trained - found themselves in a difficult situation, suffered severe losses and made no real impact on the Battle of France.
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