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Appendix 10: Details of Arrivals of Aircraft in Middle East by Various Routes, November 1941–September
1942
1. From UK
|
1941 |
1942 |
|
|
Nov |
Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Totals |
A. Takoradi route |
Beaufighter |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
5 |
17 |
31 |
28 |
49 |
51 |
181 |
Blenheim |
16 |
60 |
52 |
7 |
– |
– |
23 |
42 |
136 |
101 |
51 |
488 |
Boston |
– |
– |
– |
4 |
10 |
2 |
– |
5 |
– |
– |
– |
21 |
Hurricane |
26 |
93 |
186 |
87 |
71 |
111 |
13 |
122 |
78 |
83 |
163 |
1,033 |
Lysander |
– |
– |
3 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
3 |
Maryland |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
Moth |
– |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
2 |
Spitfire |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
15 |
– |
6 |
4 |
3 |
50 |
78 |
Tomahawk |
– |
– |
4 |
– |
– |
– |
3 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
7 |
Total: |
1,1114 |
B. By Air via Malta |
Baltimore |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
Beaufighter |
1 |
32 |
3 |
21 |
25 |
13 |
3 |
– |
4 |
– |
1 |
103 |
Beaufort |
4 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
12 |
5 |
10 |
4 |
12 |
22 |
11 |
89 |
Bombay |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
Fortress |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
Halifax |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
24 |
2 |
– |
26 |
Hudson |
– |
– |
3 |
– |
10 |
13 |
42 |
4 |
42 |
24 |
16 |
154 |
Liberator |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
2 |
15 |
1 |
18 |
Lodestar |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
– |
1 |
Maryland |
2 |
3 |
– |
1 |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
8 |
Spitfire (PRU) |
– |
– |
– |
– |
4 |
– |
1 |
– |
2 |
3 |
– |
10 |
Sunderland |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
Wellington |
17 |
19 |
18 |
32 |
90 |
61 |
57 |
– |
24 |
35 |
32 |
385 |
Total: |
798 |
C. By Sea and Air through the Mediterranean |
Hurricane |
34 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
34 |
Spitfire |
– |
– |
– |
– |
31 |
46 |
76 |
– |
59 |
59 |
66 |
337 |
Total: |
371* |
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D. By Sea via the Cape |
Anson |
|
|
|
|
12 |
4 |
22 |
|
4 |
10 |
12 |
64 |
Coudron Goelland |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
Coudron Simoun |
|
|
1 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
4 |
Dewoitine |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
1 |
|
3 |
Potez |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
Spitfire |
|
|
|
|
|
|
18 |
8 |
16 |
|
|
42 |
Total: |
116 |
2. From USA
|
1941 |
1942 |
|
|
Nov |
Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Totals |
A. By Sea via the Cape |
Baltimore |
4 |
9 |
15 |
30 |
46 |
50 |
42 |
25 |
8 |
|
9 |
238 |
Boston |
23 |
32 |
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
62 |
Fairchild |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
|
6 |
Harvard |
2 |
|
21 |
18 |
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
50 |
Kittyhawk |
62 |
135 |
116 |
42 |
108 |
it |
16 |
16 |
23 |
79 |
97 |
705 |
Total: |
1,061 |
B. Takoradi route |
Kittyhawk |
|
|
|
|
|
|
40 |
35 |
|
|
50 |
125 |
Total: |
125 |
C. By Sea and Air via the Cape |
Baltimore |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
it |
16 |
29 |
14 |
70 |
Total: |
70 |
D. By Air |
Dakota |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 |
|
12 |
Fortress |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
9 |
Hudson |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
59 |
24 |
83 |
Liberator |
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
|
|
29 |
Lodestar |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21 |
|
21 |
Marauder |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19 |
30 |
49 |
Mitchell |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
57 |
|
57 |
Total: |
260 |
Grand Total: |
4,615 |