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Appendix 4: Deliveries of New Aircraft in the United Kingdom by Main Groups: Monthly Deliveries, 1938–44

Monthly Deliveries

Number

		Total	Heavy bombers	Medium bombers	Light bombers	Fighters	General reconnaissance	Transports and ASR	Naval	Trainers and miscellaneous
1938:
	Jan.	161	—	10	38	29	2	—	27	55
	Feb.	140	—	9	43	15	2	—	27	44
	March	210	—	10	48	36	2	—	32	82
	April	158	—	7	41	3	2	—	24	81
	May	213	—	7	41	24	5	—	31	105
	June	163	—	3	37	11	3	—	20	89
	July	210	—	—	42	24	5	—	26	113
	Aug.	202	—	2	36	47	3	—	21	93
	Sept.	326	—	18	51	40	5	—	24	188
	Oct.	348	—	26	51	43	4	—	23	211
	Nov.	364	—	30	61	49	3	—	14	207
	Dec.	332	—	38	49	50	2	—	17	176
		2,827	—	160	538	371	38	—	286	1,434
1939:
	Jan.	445	—	54	59	78	2	—	12	240
	Feb.	579	—	54	74	107	4	—	41	299
	March	712	—	55	107	117	3	—	56	374
	April	634	—	41	81	111	2	—	40	359
	May	702	—	55	101	140	36	—	50	353
	June	681	—	72	074	127	4	—	51	351
	July	695	—	43	108	114	5	—	49	376
	Aug.	568	—	51	81	83	2	—	45	306
	Sept.	781	—	74	112	93	4	—	49	449
	Oct.	748	—	91	100	106	3	—	56	392
	Nov.	795	—	89	102	126	10	—	38	430
	Dec.	600	—	79	80	122	19	—	22	278
		7,940	—	758	1,079	1,324	61	—	509	4,209
1940:
	Jan.	802	—	96	86	157	24	—	19	420
	Feb.	719	—	66	65	143	29	—	20	296
	March	860	—	91	75	177	31	—	25	461
	April	1,081	—	130	91	256	37	—	32	535
	May	1,279	1	183	124	325	52	—	33	561
	June	1,591	1	239	167	446	64	—	43	631
	July	1,665	4	242	173	496	34	—	47	669
	Aug.	1,601	1	214	177	476	41	—	56	636
	Sept.	1,341	3	163	112	467	22	—	43	531
	Oct.	1,419	4	167	154	469	18	—	54	553
	Nov.	1,461	14	169	163	458	18	—	60	579
	Dec.	1,230	13	166	134	413	17	—	44	443
		15,049	41	1,926	1,521	4,283	387	—	476	6,415
1941:
	Jan.	1,198	17	150	117	313	15	—	69	517
	Feb.	1,587	21	220	196	535	16	—	74	525
	March	1,730	37	231	163	609	19	—	81	590
	April	1,529	27	212	163	534	13	—	88	492
	May	1,708	38	232	147	580	23	—	109	579
	June	1,628	39	231	136	556	17	—	114	535
	July	1,668	38	232	130	572	12	—	110	574
	Aug.	1,793	50	237	99	645	3	—	121	638
	Sept.	1,915	60	253	85	747	14	—	122	634
	Oct.	1,847	57	275	70	676	13	—	122	634
	Nov.	1,806	59	268	48	653	27	—	116	635
	Dec.	1,685	55	236	39	644	24	—	106	581
		20,094	498	2,777	1,393	7,064	196	—	1,232	6,934
1942:
	Jan.	1,929	81	287	43	772	35	—	102	609
	Feb.	1,802	81	259	54	754	28	—	84	542
	March	1,908	104	281	56	781	31	—	104	551
	April	1,981	127	284	69	850	39	—	080	532
	May	2,025	141	311	76	876	41	—	61	519
	June	1,939	164	284	80	814	42	—	61	494
	July	2,005	179	320	71	842	42	—	52	499
	Aug.	1,827	182	264	64	772	51	—	57	437
	Sept.	2,108	215	314	80	877	58	—	117	447
	Oct.	2,190	249	319	83	889	69	—	109	472
	Nov.	1,948	220	284	75	799	56	—	108	406
	Dec.	2,010	233	256	63	823	54	—	147	434
		23,672	1,976	3,463	814	9,849	546	—	1,082	5,942
1943:
	Jan.	2,076	282	260	51	852	62	—	121	448
	Feb.	2,067	330	245	80	832	68	—	106	406
	March	2,264	372	261	55	961	94	—	119	402
	April	2,118	364	242	48	829	104	—	133	398
	May	2,350	434	244	50	956	109	—	138	419
	June	2,136	400	218	40	878	98	3	114	385
	July	2,072	368	223	12	793	91	18	150	417
	Aug.	2,108	355	200	7	950	89	15	142	350
	Sept.	2,335	428	220	15	973	105	29	150	415
	Oct.	2,317	439	217	7	926	91	40	178	419
	Nov.	2,300	423	215	5	929	86	55	188	399
	Dec.	2,120	420	192	6	848	57	49	181	367
		26,263	4,615	2,737	376	10,727	1,054	209	1,720	4,825
1944:
	Jan.	2,305	478	21	852	61	78	222	4040
	Feb.	2,399	449	0218	959	111	64	225	374
	March	2,715	520	226	1,098	130	85	265	391
	April	2,361	469	206	933	102	64	266	321
	May	2,417	486	213	944	97	87	279	311
	June	2,410	487	218	970	94	98	267	267
	July	2,026	428	162	861	63	77	239	196
	Aug.	2,041	468	212	841	101	63	230	126
	Sept.	2,078	486	212	864	95	75	253	93
	Oct.	2,116	461	189	888	96	81	252	149
	Nov.	2,012	431	182	840	91	81	248	139
	Dec.	1,581	344	149	680	82	36	184	106
		26,461	5,507	2,396	10,730	1,123	889	2,939	2,877