British Aircraft Production, 1938-1944

Deliveries of New Aircraft in the United Kingdom by Main Groups

(Errors in calculation of totals fro 1944 which appeared to have evaded attention in the original document have been corrected – Ed.)

1938
	Heavy bombers	Medium bombers	Light bombers	Fighters	General recce	Transports and ASR	Naval	Trainers & misc.	Total
January	—	10	38	29	2	—	27	55	161
February	—	9	43	15	2	—	27	44	140
March	—	10	48	36	2	—	32	82	210
April	—	7	41	3	2	—	24	81	158
May	—	7	41	24	5	—	31	105	213
June	—	3	37	11	3	—	20	89	163
July	—	—	42	24	5	—	26	113	210
August	—	2	36	47	3	—	21	93	202
September	—	18	51	40	5	—	24	188	326
October	—	26	51	43	4	—	23	211	348
November	—	30	61	49	3	—	14	207	364
December	—	38	49	50	2	—	17	176	332
	—	160	538	371	38	—	286	1,434	2,827
1939
	Heavy bombers	Medium bombers	Light bombers	Fighters	General recce	Transports and ASR	Naval	Trainers & misc.	Total
January	—	54	59	78	2	—	12	240	445
February	—	54	74	107	4	—	41	299	579
March	—	55	107	117	3	—	56	374	712
April	—	41	81	111	2	—	40	359	634
May	—	55	101	140	36	—	50	353	702
June	—	72	074	127	4	—	51	351	681
July	—	43	108	114	5	—	49	376	695
August	—	51	81	83	2	—	45	306	568
September	—	74	112	93	4	—	49	449	781
October	—	91	100	106	3	—	56	392	748
November	—	89	102	126	10	—	38	430	795
December	—	79	80	122	19	—	22	278	600
	—	758	1,079	1,324	61	—	509	4,209	7,940
1940
	Heavy bombers	Medium bombers	Light bombers	Fighters	General recce	Transports and ASR	Naval	Trainers & misc.	Total
January	—	96	86	157	24	—	19	420	802
February	—	66	65	143	29	—	20	296	719
March	—	91	75	177	31	—	25	461	860
April	—	130	91	256	37	—	32	535	1,081
May	1	183	124	325	52	—	33	561	1,279
June	1	239	167	446	64	—	43	631	1,591
July	4	242	173	496	34	—	47	669	1,665
August	1	214	177	476	41	—	56	636	1,601
September	3	163	112	467	22	—	43	531	1,341
October	4	167	154	469	18	—	54	553	1,419
November	14	169	163	458	18	—	60	579	1,461
December	13	166	134	413	17	—	44	443	1,230
	41	1,926	1,521	4,283	387	—	476	6,415	15,049
1941
	Heavy bombers	Medium bombers	Light bombers	Fighters	General recce	Transports and ASR	Naval	Trainers & misc.	Total
January	17	150	117	313	15	—	69	517	1,198
February	21	220	196	535	16	—	74	525	1,587
March	37	231	163	609	19	—	81	590	1,730
April	27	212	163	534	13	—	88	492	1,529
May	38	232	147	580	23	—	109	579	1,708
June	39	231	136	556	17	—	114	535	1,628
July	38	232	130	572	12	—	110	574	1,668
August	50	237	99	645	3	—	121	638	1,793
September	60	253	85	747	14	—	122	634	1,915
October	57	275	70	676	13	—	122	634	1,847
November	59	268	48	653	27	—	116	635	1,806
December	55	236	39	644	24	—	106	581	1,685
	498	2,777	1,393	7,064	196	—	1,232	6,934	20,094
1942
	Heavy bombers	Medium bombers	Light bombers	Fighters	General recce	Transports and ASR	Naval	Trainers & misc.	Total
January	81	287	43	772	35	—	102	609	1,929
February	81	259	54	754	28	—	84	542	1,802
March	104	281	56	781	31	—	104	551	1,908
April	127	284	69	850	39	—	080	532	1,981
May	141	311	76	876	41	—	61	519	2,025
June	164	284	80	814	42	—	61	494	1,939
July	179	320	71	842	42	—	52	499	2,005
August	182	264	64	772	51	—	57	437	1,827
September	215	314	80	877	58	—	117	447	2,108
October	249	319	83	889	69	—	109	472	2,190
November	220	284	75	799	56	—	108	406	1,948
December	233	256	63	823	54	—	147	434	2,010
	1,976	3,463	814	9,849	546	—	1,082	5,942	23,672
1943
	Heavy bombers	Medium bombers	Light bombers	Fighters	General recce	Transports and ASR	Naval	Trainers & misc.	Total
January	282	260	51	852	62	—	121	448	2,076
February	330	245	80	832	68	—	106	406	2,067
March	372	261	55	961	94	—	119	402	2,264
April	364	242	48	829	104	—	133	398	2,118
May	434	244	50	956	109	—	138	419	2,350
June	400	218	40	878	98	3	114	385	2,136
July	368	223	12	793	91	18	150	417	2,072
August	355	200	7	950	89	15	142	350	2,108
September	428	220	15	973	105	29	150	415	2,335
October	439	217	7	926	91	40	178	419	2,317
November	423	215	5	929	86	55	188	399	2,300
December	420	192	6	848	57	49	181	367	2,120
	4,615	2,737	376	10,727	1,054	209	1,720	4,825	26,263
1944
	Heavy bombers	Medium bombers	Fighters & fighter-bombers		General recce	Transports and ASR	Naval	Trainers & misc.	Total
January	478	210	852		61	78	222	404	2,305
February	449	217	959		111	64	225	374	2,399
March	520	226	1,098		130	85	265	391	2,715
April	469	206	933		102	64	266	321	2,361
May	486	213	944		97	87	279	311	2,417
June	487	218	970		94	98	267	267	2,401
July	428	162	861		63	77	239	196	2,026
August	468	212	841		101	63	230	126	2,041
September	486	212	864		95	75	253	93	2,078
October	461	189	888		96	81	252	149	2,116
November	431	182	840		91	81	248	139	2,012
December	344	149	680		82	36	184	106	1,581
	5,507	2,396	10,730		1,123	889	2,930	2,877	26,452

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