APPENDIX 3

Principal United Kingdom Aircraft Programmes, 1938-44

For the purpose of these tables bombers have been classified as follows:

Heavy: Manchester, Stirling, Lancaster and Warwick.

Medium: Wellington, Hampden, Hereford, Whitley and Albemarle.

Light: Blenheim, Battle (under Scheme L only; thereafter under 'Trainers'), Mosquito (bomber and photographic reconnaissance unit).

Ref. p. 18

Scheme L (as revised in September 1938)

TABLE F									Number
		Total	Heavy bombers	Medium bombers	Light bombers	Fighters	General reconnaissance	Fleet Air Arm	Trainers and miscellaneous
TOTAL		9,483	63	1,130	1,968	1,952	1,155	675	2,540
1939
	Jan.	425	—	48	108	75	31	14	149
	Feb.	452	—	52	117	78	31	16	158
	Mar.	504	—	55	129	85	33	23	179
	April	543	—	65	127	96	41	30	184
	May	594	—	72	144	110	47	30	191
	June	637	—	78	155	122	53	37	192
	July	681	1	84	155	140	65	43	193
	Aug.	615	1	89	141	126	57	54	147
	Sept.	713	3	93	133	155	87	62	180
	Oct.	479	4	95	131	157	110	66	186
	Nov.	754	5	98	110	164	119	67	191
	Dec.	732	7	99	108	153	125	70	170
1940
	Jan.	757	10	77	125	173	141	67	164
	Feb.	697	15	75	137	166	110	58	136
	Mar.	630	17	50	148	152	105	38	120

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Ref. p. 67

'War Potential' Programme of July 1938, based on the hypothesis of a war commencing 1st October 1939

TABLE G									Number
		Total	Heavy bombers	Medium bombers	Light bombers	Fighters	General reconnaissance	Fleet Air Arm	Trainers and miscellaneous
Total during 18 months		18,944	2,663	2,826	2,521	9,947	2,401	1,909	6,677
Total during 12 months		19,940	774	1,882	2,513	4,610	1,744	1,171	4,246
1939
	Dec.	1,178	9	137	265	211	185	71	300
1940
	March	1,413	27	168	250	300	199	97	372
	June	1,482	87	186	140	484	93	113	379
	Sept.	1,793	209	143	104	750	118	102	367
	Dec.	2,006	310	164	—	899	112	122	399
1941
	March	2,170	368	155	—	983	105	127	432

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Ref. p. 69

'Harrogate' Programme, dated 19th January 1940

TABLE H									Number
		Total planned monthly output	Heavy bombers	Medium bombers	Light bombers	Fighters	General reconnaissance	Fleet Air Arm	Trainers and miscellaneous
1940:
	Jan.	977	—	107	175	160	172	41	322
	Feb.	1,001	2	111	155	171	167	44	351
	March	1,137	3	116	150	203	205	56	404
	April	1,256	5	125	150	231	190	62	493
	May	1,244	6	121	145	261	179	63	469
	June	2,320	10	118	145	292	184	47	524
	July	2,481	16	117	145	329	188	54	632
	Aug.	1,310	20	94	108	282	178	46	582
	Sept.	1,675	31	129	145	392	202	67	709
	Oct.	1,711	42	149	145	427	204	73	671
1941:
	Jan.	1,717	80	185	164	490	176	93	529
	April	1,819	126	190	128	516	187	115	557
	July	1,971	167	221	120	540	179	128	616
	Oct.	2,023	211	238	120	540	149	131	634
1942:
	Jan.	2,179	247	288	120	621	106	138	659
	April	2,287	263	354	120	650	110	101	689
	July	2,425	295	402	120	723	105	31	689

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Ref. p. 124

Mr. Hennessy's 'Target' Programme, dated 2nd October 1940

TABLE I									Number
		Total	Heavy bombers	Medium bombers	Light bombers	Fighters	General reconnaissance	Fleet Air Arm	Trainers and miscellaneous
TOTAL		37,973	1,572	5,510	3,026	14,835	1,154	1,665	10,211
1940:
	Sept.	1,620	9	185	186	547	97	63	533
	Oct.	1,748	20	222	186	631	88	63	538
	Nov.	1,955	31	263	187	697	88	70	619
	Dec.	2,111	48	278	235	727	73	81	669
1941:
	Jan.	2,177	56	292	186	805	73	91	674
	Feb.	2,253	65	311	186	847	68	100	676
	March	2,375	78	318	186	912	69	109	703
	April	2,489	95	337	186	962	69	117	723
	May	2,468	102	357	186	1,010	70	126	617
	June	2,565	109	380	186	1,050	67	133	630
	July	2,601	113	397	186	1,067	63	135	640
	Aug.	2,635	124	410	186	1,090	64	131	630
	Sept.	2,705	150	435	186	1,105	65	122	642
	Oct.	2,737	173	450	186	1,110	66	113	639
	Nov.	2,762	194	445	186	1,125	67	106	639
	Dec.	2,782	205	430	186	1,150	67	105	639

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Ref. p. 124

Revised Draft 'Target' Programme, dated 3rd July 1941

TABLE J									Number
		Total	Heavy bombers	Medium bombers	Light bombers	Fighters	General reconnaissance	Fleet Air Arm	Trainers and miscellaneous
TOTAL		50,766	6,971	4,464	1,649	19,263	1,005	4,240	13,174
1941:
	July	2,019	70	262	145	772	25	135	610
	Aug.	2,116	81	264	140	824	24	136	647
	Sept.	2,150	85	275	125	836	27	142	660
	Oct.	2,146	84	281	95	837	35	137	677
	Nov.	2,164	102	287	86	838	41	138	672
	Dec.	2,187	125	284	82	846	44	134	672
1942:
	Jan.	2,157	152	283	80	827	44	136	635
	Feb.	2,195	188	277	80	854	45	141	610
	March	2,158	225	270	85	856	45	127	550
	April	2,135	253	260	85	866	45	95	531
	May	2,110	271	257	83	847	45	92	515
	June	2,078	285	226	80	817	45	110	515
	July	2,011	306	192	70	769	45	114	515
	Aug.	2,026	332	169	55	771	45	139	515
	Sept.	2,042	357	146	43	770	45	166	515
	Oct.	2,071	382	130	35	771	45	193	515
	Nov.	2,092	404	105	35	772	45	216	515
	Dec.	2,123	418	100	35	770	45	240	515
1943:
	Jan.	2,105	439	95	35	770	45	256	465
	Feb.	2,113	451	80	35	770	45	267	465
	March	2,133	472	71	35	770	45	275	465
	April	2,131	485	50	35	770	45	281	465
	May	2,174	497	50	35	770	45	285	465
	June	2,157	507	50	35	770	45	285	465

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Ref. p. 306

The 'Bomber' Programme, dated December 1941

TABLE K									Number
		Total	Heavy bombers	Medium bombers	Light bombers	Fighters	General reconnaissance	Fleet Air Arm	Trainers and miscellaneous
TOTAL		56,205	9,748	6,841	2,188	21,801	1,061	4,655	9,911
1941:
	Dec.	1,992	79	280	64	777	35	122	635
1942:
	Jan.	1,975	91	280	82	793	32	118	579
	Feb.	1,980	105	283	88	787	41	117	559
	March	2,001	132	287	101	806	36	105	534
	April	2,031	161	274	105	816	36	97	542
	May	2,070	193	282	105	838	39	80	533
	June	2,102	226	285	105	865	37	79	505
	July	2,098	267	282	115	864	36	80	454
	Aug.	2,107	304	268	120	867	42	97	409
	Sept.	2,097	335	266	103	865	42	127	359
	Oct.	2,131	368	253	80	879	42	159	350
	Nov.	2,167	387	234	80	897	42	182	345
	Dec.	2,210	418	230	80	898	42	207	335
1943:
	Jan.	2,269	450	230	80	906	42	233	328
	Feb.	2,305	476	235	80	913	47	250	304
	March	2,330	5115	245	80	882	47	260	305
	April	2,381	523	260	80	888	47	268	315
	May	2,343	538	285	80	800	47	278	315
	June	2,490	559	305	80	905	47	279	315
	July	2,484	573	287	80	916	47	266	315
	Aug.	2,483	590	290	80	916	47	245	315
	Sept.	2,518