[Paul Thompson]

Originally Posted by Kutscha

Average Cost
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a542518.pdf Table 82

No A-36 tho.

Table 87 has 308 A-36s overseas.

Thank you, Kutscha!

The cost table illustrates the problem of wartime cost figures very well. To use an example involving the P-51, it's average cost in 1944 was the same as that of the P-39, even though the Mustang was heavier and more complex.

The figure in Table 87 must necessarily include the 311st FBG in India and all reserve aircraft stocks overseas, USAAF groups in the Mediterranean had an average strength of about 60 aircraft in 1943.

Originally Posted by udf_00

I own one, can dig into it, but sometimes the infos are conflicting.

Thank you for the links, udf_00!

I was only trying to get a sense of the general context for the A-36 losses in my original post, but by all means take this further, especially since the topic has attracted general interest.

Warm regards,

Paul