Bomber Command Aircraft Available for Operations
| 
 RAF Bomber Command  | 
 Sept 39  | 
 Jan 40  | 
 Jul 40  | 
 Jan 41  | 
 Jul 41  | 
 Jan 42  | 
 Jul 42  | 
 Jan 43  | 
 Jul 43  | 
 Jan 44  | 
 Jul 44  | 
 Jan 45  | 
 8 May 45  | 
| 
 Battle  | 
 141  | 
 118  | 
 73  | 
 
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  | 
 
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 Blenheim  | 
 123  | 
 92  | 
 234  | 
 176  | 
 160  | 
 58  | 
 39  | 
 
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 Boston  | 
 
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 5  | 
 47  | 
 37  | 
 
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 Ventura  | 
 
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 36  | 
 
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 Mitchell  | 
 
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  | 
 
  | 
 
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 5  | 
 
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  | 
 
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 Mosquito  | 
 
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  | 
 
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 13  | 
 23  | 
 51  | 
 72  | 
 138  | 
 206  | 
 269  | 
| 
 Hampden  | 
 85  | 
 70  | 
 109  | 
 111  | 
 169  | 
 161  | 
 37  | 
 
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| 
 Whitley  | 
 75  | 
 68  | 
 103  | 
 92  | 
 105  | 
 89  | 
 
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 Wellington  | 
 91  | 
 90  | 
 148  | 
 229  | 
 391  | 
 353  | 
 256  | 
 187  | 
 124  | 
 15  | 
 
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 Manchester  | 
 
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 48  | 
 
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 Sterling  | 
 
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  | 
 
  | 
 22  | 
 38  | 
 69  | 
 104  | 
 203  | 
 139  | 
 37  | 
 
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 Halifax  | 
 
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  | 
 31  | 
 50  | 
 102  | 
 173  | 
 331  | 
 373  | 
 562  | 
 521  | 
 388  | 
| 
 Lancaster  | 
 
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  | 
 107  | 
 274  | 
 444  | 
 627  | 
 864  | 
 1096  | 
 1320  | 
| 
 TOTAL  | 
 515  | 
 438  | 
 667  | 
 608  | 
 878  | 
 802  | 
 670  | 
 839  | 
 1153  | 
 1226  | 
 1601  | 
 1823  | 
 1977  | 
| 
 
  | 
 Sep 39  | 
 Jan 40  | 
 Jul 40  | 
 Jan 41  | 
 Jul 41  | 
 Jan 42  | 
 Jul 42  | 
 Jan 43  | 
 Jul 43  | 
 Jan 44  | 
 Jul 44  | 
 Jan 45  | 
 8 May 45  | 
| 
 8th & 15th USAAF  | 
 
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 Fortresses/Liberators  | 
 
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  | 
 
  | 
 156  | 
 670  | 
 1667  | 
 3645  | 
 3115  | 
 3300  | 
| 
 GRAND TOTAL  | 
 515  | 
 438  | 
 667  | 
 608  | 
 878  | 
 802  | 
 670  | 
 995  | 
 1823  | 
 2893  | 
 5246  | 
 4938  | 
 5227  | 
Source: The Strategic Air War Against Germany 1939-1945 (The Official Report of the British Bombin Survey Unit)