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RAF Bomber Command
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RAF Bomber Command
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Source: The Strategic Air War Against Germany, 1939-1945: The Official Report of the British Bombing Survey Unit
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Aircraft |
1939 |
1940 |
1941 |
1942 |
1943 |
1944 |
1945 |
Totals |
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Lancaster |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12,730 |
112,600 |
404,300 |
152,000 |
681,630 |
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Halifax |
0 |
0 |
1,399 |
8,147 |
37,500 |
163,600 |
40,420 |
251,066 |
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Short Stirling |
0 |
0 |
2,606 |
8,690 |
16,240 |
3,529 |
0 |
31,065 |
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Wellington |
21 |
5,775 |
17,420 |
16,386 |
7,252 |
0 |
0 |
46,854 |
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Mosquito |
0 |
0 |
0 |
260 |
1,736 |
16,980 |
11,120 |
30,096 |
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Others |
14 |
8,882 |
14,080 |
4,825 |
1,056 |
0 |
0 |
28,857 |
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Totals |
35 |
14,657 |
35,505 |
51,038 |
176,384 |
588,409 |
203,540 |
1,069,568 |
