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 F.A.A. (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
R.A.F. aircraft in the Mediterranean (incl. shore-based F.A.A.)       2 3     5
R.A.F. 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
R.A.F. aircraft in the Mediterranean   2   1 2     5
R.A.F. aircraft in the Mediterranean shared with allied naval forces   2     1     3
Shore-based F.A.A. shared with allied naval forces       1       1
Air raids on ports by R.A.F. 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
Note: Naval forces includes ship-borne aircraft.

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

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