APPENDIX 7

Arrivals of Reinforcement Aircraft in the Middle East
(including those for Malta) by all Routes
January—October 1941


 

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
Total
Beaufighter          16    5      4    3    8      36
Beaufort                  7    2    3      12
Blenheim  12  38  35  37  39  55 115  66  38  36     471
Boeing                      3        3
Bombay          6    4    2    2    1          15
Boston                      7        7
Gladiator              5    3    2           10
Hurricane  44  30  13  96  85 206  82  34 186  81     857
Lodestar              7                7
Lysander        6    6    17              29
Maryland    1    2    6    7    6  22  46  14    3    2    109
Tomahawk        2  25  41  71  29  87  23  16    294
Wellington    2    2  16  27  15  11  31  14  13  15    146
                      1,996

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Details of Arrivals of Aircraft in Middle East by Various Routes
January—October 1941

 

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
Total
1. From U.K.                      

A. Takoradi and
Lagos Route

                     

Blenheim

11 38 35 37 39   28 76 44   25 26  359

Hurricane

44 30 13 62 39   62 52 27 115 81  525

Maryland

  1   2   6   7   6   11   5 11     3      52

Tomahawk

      2 25 41   46 27 44   14   6  205

B. By Air via Malta

                     

Beaufighter

        16     5     4     3   8     36

Beaufort

                7     2   3     12

Blenheim

1           27 39 22   13 10   112

Boeing

                     3       3

Bombay

        6   4     2   2   1         15

Maryland

                     2       2

Wellington

  2   2 16 27 15   11 31 14   13  15  146

C. By Sea and Air
through the
Mediterranean

                     

Hurricane

      34 46 144       45       269*

D. By sea via the
Cape

                     

Gladiator

              5   3   2        10

Hurricane

              30   7   26      63

Lysander

      6   6     11            23

*Of these, 106 reached Egypt by the end of October. The rest were in Malta—the majority permanently.

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Details of Arrivals of Aircraft in Middle East by Various Routes
January—October 1941

 

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
Total
2. From U.S.A.                      

A. By Sea

                     

Boston

                   7       7

Lysander

            6               6

Maryland

          11 25           36

Tomahawk

          25   2 43   9 10     89

B. By Air

                     

Lodestar

              7             7

3. From S.A.A.F.

                     

Maryland

            16   3         19
                      1,996

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