Appendix V: First-Line Aircraft—British and German Air Forces
German
|
1939 |
1940 |
1941 |
1942 |
1943 |
1944 |
1945 |
Total |
| Atlantic, Arctic and Home Waters |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Coastal Command |
|
|
2 |
16 |
72 |
49 |
26 |
165 |
| Coastal Command shared with allied naval forces |
|
2 |
1 |
|
4 |
9 |
1 |
17 |
| U.S. aircraft under C.C. control |
|
|
|
4 |
9 |
1 |
3 |
17 |
| U.S. aircraft under C.C. control shared with allied naval forces |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
| C.C. and U.S. aircraft under C.C. control—joint action |
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
2 |
| Canadian Eastern Air Command |
|
|
|
3 |
2 |
|
|
5 |
| U.S. aircraft in Morocco and West Atlantic |
|
|
|
7 |
22 |
2 |
|
31 |
| U.S. aircraft in Morocco shared with allied naval forces |
|
|
|
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
9 |
| West Africa Command |
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
3 |
| Shore-based FAA (Gibraltar) |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
| Second Tactical Air Force |
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
8 |
| Bomber Command at sea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
| Bomber Command air raids on ports |
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
13 |
21 |
| U.S. air raids on ports |
|
|
|
|
1 |
3 |
27 |
31 |
| Mines laid by Bomber and Coastal Commands |
|
|
|
3 |
2 |
8 |
4 |
17 |
| Total destroyed by shore-based aircraft |
|
1 |
3 |
33 |
113 |
71 |
81 |
302 |
| Total destroyed in joint action with allied naval forces |
|
2 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
12 |
2 |
27 |
| Mediterranean |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Coastal Command (Gibraltar) |
|
|
|
3 |
1 |
|
|
4 |
| Coastal Command (Gibraltar) shared with allied naval forces |
|
|
|
2 |
1 |
|
|
3 |
| RAF aircraft in the Mediterranean (incl. shore-based FAA) |
|
|
|
2 |
3 |
|
|
5 |
| RAF aircraft in the Mediterranean shared with allied naval forces |
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
6 |
| U.S. air raids on ports |
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
11 |
| Total destroyed by shore-based aircraft |
|
|
|
5 |
4 |
11 |
|
20 |
| Total destroyed in joint action with allied naval forces |
|
|
|
4 |
3 |
2 |
|
9 |
| Indian Ocean |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| East Africa Command |
|
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
|
4 |
| Grand Total destroyed by shore-based aircraft |
|
1 |
3 |
38 |
119 |
84 |
81 |
326 |
| Grand Total destroyed in joint action with allied naval forces |
|
2 |
1 |
7 |
10 |
14 |
2 |
36 |
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Italian
|
1939 |
1940 |
1941 |
1942 |
1943 |
1944 |
1945 |
Total |
| Atlantic, Arctic And Home Waters |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Coastal Command |
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
2 |
| Coastal Command shared with allied naval forces |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
| U.S. aircraft in the West Atlantic |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
| Total destroyed by shore-based aircraft |
|
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
|
3 |
| Total destroyed in joint action with allied naval forces |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
| Mediterranean |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Coastal Command (Gibraltar) |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
2 |
| RAF aircraft in the Mediterranean |
|
2 |
|
1 |
2 |
|
|
5 |
| RAF aircraft in the Mediterranean shared with allied naval forces |
|
2 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
3 |
| Shore-based FAA shared with allied naval forces |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
| Air raids on ports by RAF aircraft |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
| Air raids on ports by U.S. aircraft |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
2 |
| Total destroyed by shore-based aircraft |
|
2 |
|
4 |
4 |
|
|
10 |
| Total destroyed in joint action with allied naval forces |
|
2 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
4 |
| Grand Total destroyed by shore-based aircraft |
|
2 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
|
|
13 |
| Grand Total destroyed in joint action with allied naval forces |
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
5 |
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Analysis of Total German and Italian Submarines Destroyed
| Region |
Allied Shore-Based Aircraft |
Joint Action Shore-Based Aircraft / Naval Forces |
Allied Naval Forces Including Ship-Borne Aircraft |
Accident, Soviet Action, Scuttling, Unknown Causes |
Total |
|
German |
Italian |
German |
Italian |
German |
Italian |
German |
Italian |
German |
Italian |
| Atlantic, Arctic and Home Waters |
302 |
3 |
27 |
1 |
302 |
10 |
74 |
3 |
705 |
17 |
| Mediterranean, Red Sea and Black Sea |
20 |
10 |
9 |
4 |
26 |
47 |
13 |
7 |
68 |
68 |
| Indian Ocean |
4 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| Total |
326 |
13 |
36 |
5 |
334 |
57 |
88 |
10 |
784 |
85 |