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Squadrons Available |
Total
Aircraft Establishment |
Actual
Strength |
Total
Serviceable Reserve |
Operational
Squadrons Available |
Total
Aircraft Establishment |
Actual
Strength |
Total
Serviceable Reserve |
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Spitfire 19 | 304 | 304 | 117 | Spitfire 19 | 304 | 304 | 41 |
Hurricane 24 | 384 | 384 | 341 | Hurricane 32 | 512 | 512 | 183 |
Defiant 2 | 32 | 32 | 35 | Defiant 2 | 32 | 32 | 70 |
Blenheim 6 | 96 | 96 | 33 | Blenheim 6 | 96 | 96 | 18 |
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Spitfire 19 | 304 | 304 | 107 | Spitfire 19 | 304 | 304 | 54 |
Hurricane 27 | 432 | 432 | 222 | Hurricane 33 | 528 | 528 | 120 |
Defiant 2 | 32 | 32 | 48 | Defiant 2 | 16 | 32 | 82 |
Blenheim 6 | 96 | 96 | 33 | Blenheim 6 | 96 | 96 | 17 |
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Spitfire 19 | 328 | 328 | 105 | Spitfire 19 | 304 | 304 | 45 |
Hurricane 27 | 540 | 540 | 232 | Hurricane 33 | 528 | 528 | 121 |
Defiant 2 | 32 | 32 | 50 | Defiant 2 | 32 | 32 | 87 |
Blenheim 6 | 96 | 96 | 35 | Blenheim 6 | 96 | 96 | 11 |
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Spitfire 19 | 328 | 328 | 96 | Spitfire 19 | 304 | 304 | 53 |
Hurricane 27 | 540 | 540 | 249 | Hurricane 33 | 528 | 528 | 154 |
Defiant 2 | 32 | 32 | 65 | Defiant 2 | 32 | 32 | 93 |
Blenheim 6 | 96 | 96 | 40 | Blenheim 6 | 96 | 96 | 6 |
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October 4th, 1940 | ||||||
Spitfire 19 | 328 | 328 | 92 | Spitfire 19 | 304 | 304 | 55 |
Hurricane 28 | 568 | 568 | 212 | Hurricane 33 | 528 | 528 | 149 |
Defiant 2 | 32 | 32 | 72 | Defiant 2 | 32 | 32 | 92 |
Blenheim 6 | 96 | 96 | 41 | Blenheim 6 | 96 | 96 | 6 |
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October 11th, 1940 | ||||||
Spitfire 19 | 328 | 328 | 129 | Spitfire 19 | 304 | 304 | 47 |
Hurricane 28.5 | 568 | 568 | 224 | Hurricane 33.5 | 536 | 536 | 144 |
Defiant 2 | 32 | 32 | 74 | Defiant 2 | 32 | 32 | 94 |
Blenheim 6 | 96 | 96 | 40 | Blenheim 6 | 96 | 96 | 6 |
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October 18th, 1940 | ||||||
Spitfire 19 | 328 | 328 | 150 | Spitfire 19 | 304 | 304 | 67 |
Hurricane 28.5 | 568 | 568 | 181 | Hurricane 33.5 | 536 | 536 | 192 |
Defiant 2 | 32 | 32 | 81 | Defiant 2 | 32 | 32 | 98 |
Blenheim 6 | 96 | 96 | 40 | Blenheim 6 | 96 | 96 | 0 |
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October 25th, 1940 | ||||||
Spitfire 19 | 328 | 328 | 113 | Spitfire 19 | 304 | 304 | 62 |
Hurricane 31 | 634 | 634 | 120 | Hurricane 34 | 544 | 544 | 212 |
Defiant 2 | 32 | 32 | 81 | Defiant 2 | 32 | 32 | 120 |
Blenheim 6 | 96 | 96 | 13 | Blenheim 6 | 96 | 96 | 0 |
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November 1st, 1940 | ||||||
Spitfire 19 | 328 | 328 | 74 | Spitfire 19 | 304 | 304 | 46 |
Hurricane 32 | 638 | 638 | 98 | Hurricane 34 | 544 | 544 | 184 |
Defiant 2 | 32 | 32 | 70 | Defiant 2 | 32 | 32 | 127 |
Blenheim 6 | 96 | 96 | 17 | Blenheim 6 | 96 | 96 | 1 |
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Planned All Types | Actual | Planned Fighters | Actual | |
February | 1,001 | 719 | 171 | 141 |
March | 1,137 | 860 | 203 | 177 |
April | 1,256 | 1,081 | 231 | 256 |
May | 1,244 | 1,279 | 261 | 325 |
June | 1,320 | 1,591 | 292 | 446 |
July | 1,481 | 1,665 | 329 | 496 |
August | 1,310 | 1,601 | 282 | 476 |
These apear to be the only figures in existence. Records were kept by the Ministry of Aircraft Production, but the relevant files seem to have disappeared |
The above statistics were taken from 'The Battle of Britain' by Richard Townshend Bickers, published by Salamander Books Ltd.,1990