APPENDIX 3
AIRCRAFT WRITTEN OFF, BOMBER COMMAND
1941-19441


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).

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