Question concerning the denominator in the VVS digest.

[Andrey Dikov]

Originally Posted by AlexanderII

In the VVS statistical digest, does the denominator in the aircraft tables indicates non serviceable planes in squadrons, or planes in overhaul/repair? As an exemple :

http://ilpilot.narod.ru/vvs_tsifra/gl_3/3.104.html

It says there is a total of 137 Il-2 planes, including 43 "faulty" Il-2s. Are these 43 Il-2s merely non serviceable or in repair depots?

May be my English is not good enough to draw a certain line between "non-serviceable" and "in repair" terms, but I can tell you that non-serviceable a/c means planes which are still in unit and were not written-off and were not sent to repair depots. I.e. the planes with light and sometimes moderate damage, which can be repaired by unit technical staff.

They were to be repaired by units' mechanics.

Regarding this particular table: nominator - total number, denominator - number of non-serviceable a/c.