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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
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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