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jagdafrika · #5 22nd August 2007, 08:40

My info on June 40 to Dec 40 is a little sketchy. I took notes years ago from these volumes if anyone has anything different please let me know. I came up with a figure of 112 Hurricanes sent to Malta and the ME. The total numbers of Wellington bombers was 41 and there were 85 Blenheim IV bombers sent. This was from Volume I of the series. Volumes II and III had charts.

For the total arrivals in the ME including Malta by all routes and all sources for Jan 41 to December 41 are below:

Jan 41 = 12 Blenheim, 44 Hurricane, 1 Maryland, 2 Wellington

Feb 41 = 38 Blenheim, 30 Hurricane, 2 Maryland, 2 Wellington

Mar 41 = 35 Blenheim, 13 Hurricane, 6 Lysander, 6 Maryland, 2 Tomahawk, 16 Wellington

Apr 41 = 37 Blenheim, 6 Bombay, 96 Hurricane, 6 Lysander, 7 Maryland, 25 Tomahawk, 27 Wellington

May 41 = 16 Beaufighter, 39 Blenheim, 4 Bombay, 85 Hurricane, 6 Maryland, 41 Tomahawk, 15 Wellington

Jun 41 = 5 Beaufighter, 55 Blenheim, 2 Bombay, 5 Gladiator, 206 Hurricane, 17 Lysander, 22 Maryland, 71 Tomahawk, 11 Wellington.

Jul 41 = 115 Blenheim, 2 Bombay, 3 Gladiator, 82 Hurricane, 7 Lodestar, 46 Maryland, 29 Tomahawk, 31 Wellington.

Aug 41 = 4 Beaufighter, 7 Beaufort, 66 Blenheim, 1 Bombay, 2 Gladiator, 34 Hurricane, 14 Maryland, 87 Tomahawk, 14 Wellington.

Sep 41 = 3 Beaufighter, 2 Beaufort, 38 Blenheim, 186 Hurricane, 3 Maryland, 23 Tomahawk, 13 Wellington.

Oct 41 = 8 Beaufighter, 3 Beaufort, 36 Blenheim, 3 Boeing B-17, 7 Boston, 81 Hurricane, 2 Maryland, 16 Tomahawk, 15 Wellington.

Nov 41 = 1 Beaufighter, 16 Blenheim, 60 Hurricane, 4 Beaufort, 1 Bombay, 1 Boeing B-17, 2 Maryland, 17 Wellington, 4 Baltimore, 23 Boston, 2 Harvard, 62 Kittyhawk.

Dec 41 = 60 Blenheim, 93 Hurricane, 1 Moth, 32 Beaufighter, 1 Beaufort, 3 Maryland, 19 Wellington, 9 Baltimore, 32 Boston, 21 Harvard, 135 Kittyhawk.

I have the numbers and types for arrivals from Jan to Sep 42 and will post those later. I had thought my info went further but either I lost it or my memory was playing tricks on me. Again, more to come later!

Regards,

Mark (jagdafrika)