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Appendix 35: The Air War against British Coastal Shipping, November 1940–December 1941
Month |
Number of Attacks or imminent Attacks on Ships within 40 miles of a Fighter
Aerodrome |
Number of Ships Sunk |
|
Number of Daylight Defensive Sorties by Fighter Command |
|
Day |
Night |
Total |
Day |
Night |
Total |
Total |
To Protect Ships |
1940 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November |
81 |
11 |
92 |
.. |
.. |
11 |
14,154 |
402 |
December |
33 |
– |
33 |
4 |
– |
4 |
6,843 |
504 |
1941 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January |
31 |
5 |
36 |
2 |
– |
2 |
3,836 |
350 |
February |
41 |
16 |
57 |
7 |
3 |
10 |
5,736 |
443 |
March |
89 |
19 |
108 |
21 |
3 |
24 |
11,672 |
2,103 |
April |
124 |
72 |
196 |
10 |
11 |
21 |
16,102 |
7,876 |
May |
41 |
60 |
101 |
7 |
11 |
18 |
15,812 |
8,287 |
June |
40 |
79 |
119 |
3 |
20 |
23 |
12,635 |
7,331 |
July |
11 |
68 |
79 |
1 |
7 |
8 |
9,924 |
6,475 |
August |
17 |
34 |
51 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
8,282 |
5,685 |
September |
16 |
47 |
63 |
– |
6 |
6 |
6,444 |
4,416 |
October |
8 |
33 |
41 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
6,682 |
4,072 |
November |
23 |
38 |
61 |
1 |
8 |
9 |
6,631 |
3,952 |
December |
6 |
27 |
33 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5,594 |
3,591 |