Appendix 34: Analysis of British Night-Fighter Effort January–May 1941
Abbreviations:
S.E. = Single-engined fighters;
T.E. = Twin-engined fighters;
A.I. = resulting from airborne radar
Sorties | Detections | Combats | |||||
Month | S.E. | T.E. | A.I. | Visual | A.I. | Visual | |
January | } | 402 | – | – | 34 | – | 9 |
– | 84 | 44 | – | 2 | – | ||
February | } | 421 | – | – | 33 | – | 9 |
– | 147 | 25 | – | 4 | – | ||
March | } | 735 | – | – | 34 | – | 25 |
– | 270 | 95 | 20 | 21 | 10 | ||
April | } | 842 | – | – | 45 | – | 39 |
– | 342 | 117 | 10 | 50 | 5 | ||
May | } | 1,345 | – | – | 154 | – | 116 |
– | 643 | 204 | 13 | 74 | 6 |