Type
Aircraft | No. of Aircraft
Present for Duty, Frontline Squadrons-- Jan 1941 | No. of
Aircraft Written Off, 1941 | No. of Aircraft
Present for Duty, Frontline Squadrons-- Jan 1942 | No. of
Aircraft Written Off, 1942 |
Wellington | 275 | 463 | 374 | 743 | |
Mosquitoe | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30 | |
Sterling | 7 | 51 | 52 | 228 | |
Halifax | 3 | 38 | 46 | 249 | |
Lancaster | 0 | 0 | 20 | 202 | |
Total All Types
Bomber Command | 601 | 1,326 | 928 | 1,789 | |
Type
Aircraft | No. of Aircraft
Present for Duty, Frontline Squadrons-- Jan 1943 | No. of
Aircraft Written Off, 1943 | No. of Aircraft
Present for Duty, Frontline Squadrons-- Jan 1944 | No. of
Aircraft Written Off, 1944 |
Wellington | 186 | 328 | 15 | 22 | |
Mosquitoe | 34 | 62 | 116 | 223 | |
Sterling | 93 | 411 | 134 | 77 | |
Halifax | 195 | 838 | 307 | 902 | |
Lancaster | 256 | 1,112 | 652 | 1,978 | |
Total All Types
Bomber Command | 882 | 2,823 | 1,093 | 3,238 | |
1. Based on tables in PRO Ant 221203, War Room Manual of Bomber Commands Ops 1939-45, compiled by Air Ministry War Room (Statistical Section). |