RAF Fighter Command Weekly Aircraft State July-November 1940

RAF Fighter Command Weekly Aircraft Readiness July - November 1940
Operational Squadrons Available	Total Aircraft Establishment	Actual Strength	Total Serviceable Reserve	Operational Squadrons Available	Total Aircraft Establishment	Actual Strength	Total Serviceable Reserve
July 5th, 1940				September 6th, 1940
Spitfire 19	304	304	117	Spitfire 19	304	304	41
Hurricane 24	384	384	341	Hurricane 32	512	512	183
Defiant 2	32	32	35	Defiant 2	32	32	70
Blenheim 6	96	96	33	Blenheim 6	96	96	18
July 12th, 1940				September 13th, 1940
Spitfire 19	304	304	107	Spitfire 19	304	304	54
Hurricane 27	432	432	222	Hurricane 33	528	528	120
Defiant 2	32	32	48	Defiant 2	16	32	82
Blenheim 6	96	96	33	Blenheim 6	96	96	17
July 19th, 1940				September 20th, 1940
Spitfire 19	328	328	105	Spitfire 19	304	304	45
Hurricane 27	540	540	232	Hurricane 33	528	528	121
Defiant 2	32	32	50	Defiant 2	32	32	87
Blenheim 6	96	96	35	Blenheim 6	96	96	11
July 26th, 1940				September 27th, 1940
Spitfire 19	328	328	96	Spitfire 19	304	304	53
Hurricane 27	540	540	249	Hurricane 33	528	528	154
Defiant 2	32	32	65	Defiant 2	32	32	93
Blenheim 6	96	96	40	Blenheim 6	96	96	6
August 2nd, 1940				October 4th, 1940
Spitfire 19	328	328	92	Spitfire 19	304	304	55
Hurricane 28	568	568	212	Hurricane 33	528	528	149
Defiant 2	32	32	72	Defiant 2	32	32	92
Blenheim 6	96	96	41	Blenheim 6	96	96	6
August 9th, 1940				October 11th, 1940
Spitfire 19	328	328	129	Spitfire 19	304	304	47
Hurricane 28.5	568	568	224	Hurricane 33.5	536	536	144
Defiant 2	32	32	74	Defiant 2	32	32	94
Blenheim 6	96	96	40	Blenheim 6	96	96	6
August 16th, 1940				October 18th, 1940
Spitfire 19	328	328	150	Spitfire 19	304	304	67
Hurricane 28.5	568	568	181	Hurricane 33.5	536	536	192
Defiant 2	32	32	81	Defiant 2	32	32	98
Blenheim 6	96	96	40	Blenheim 6	96	96	0
August 23rd, 1940				October 25th, 1940
Spitfire 19	328	328	113	Spitfire 19	304	304	62
Hurricane 31	634	634	120	Hurricane 34	544	544	212
Defiant 2	32	32	81	Defiant 2	32	32	120
Blenheim 6	96	96	13	Blenheim 6	96	96	0
August 30th, 1940				November 1st, 1940
Spitfire 19	328	328	74	Spitfire 19	304	304	46
Hurricane 32	638	638	98	Hurricane 34	544	544	184
Defiant 2	32	32	70	Defiant 2	32	32	127
Blenheim 6	96	96	17	Blenheim 6	96	96	1

British Monthly Aircraft Production 1940
	Planned All Types	Actual	Planned Fighters	Actual
February	1,001	719	171	141
March	1,137	860	203	177
April	1,256	1,081	231	256
May	1,244	1,279	261	325
June	1,320	1,591	292	446
July	1,481	1,665	329	496
August	1,310	1,601	282	476
These apear to be the only figures in existence. Records were kept by the Ministry of Aircraft Production, but the relevant files seem to have disappeared

The above statistics were taken from 'The Battle of Britain' by Richard Townshend Bickers, published by Salamander Books Ltd.,1990

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