Fighter Command had been at its lowest ebb, short of men and machines, and the break from airfield attacks allowed them to recover. 11 Group had considerable success in breaking up daytime raids. 12 Group repeatedly disobeyed orders and failed to meet requests to protect 11 Group airfields, but their experiments with increasingly large Big Wings had some success. The Luftwaffe began to abandon their morning raids, with attacks on London starting late in the afternoon for fifty-seven consecutive nights.Putland, Alan L. "8 September – 9 September 1940." Battle of Britain Historical Society. Retrieved: 12 August 2009.
fighter command had been at its lowest ebb short of men and machines and the break from airfield attacks allowed them to recover 11 group had considerable success in breaking up daytime raids 12 group repeatedly disobeyed orders and failed to meet requests to protect 11 group airfields but their experiments with increasingly large big wings had some success the luftwaffe began to abandon their morning raids with attacks on london starting late in the afternoon for fifty-seven consecutive nightsputland alan l "8 september – 9 september 1940" battle of britain historical society retrieved 12 august 2009