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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

* Of these, 48 reached Egypt by the end of September. The rest stayed in Malta—the majority permanently.