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Bomber Command

Operational Statistics

Aircraft Type : Operational Losses by Night and Day

Updated: January 2008

Source: Bomber Command Squadron's of the RAF and thier aircraft

Published 1964

Aircraft Type : Operational Losses by Night and Day
Aircraft	Bombing Raids			Sea Mining			Miscellaneous Op’s			Totals – All Op’s
	Missing	Scrapped		Missing	Scrapped		Missing	Scrapped		Missing	Scrapped
	Missing	Enemy Action	Non-Enemy Action	Missing	Enemy Action	Non-Enemy Action	Missing	Enemy Action	Non-Enemy Action	Missing	Enemy Action	Non-Enemy Action
Lysander	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	6	0	1
Mustang	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lightning	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Battle	3	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5
Beaufighter	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Blenheim	426	31	58	0	0	0	17	1	1	443	32	59
Boston	39	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	40	5	1
Ventura	38	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	2	2
Mitchell	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0
Mosquito	169	23	91	2	0	0	83	12	16	254	35	107
Hudson	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	1	0
Wellington	1,194	58	271	106	2	14	32	5	27	1,332	65	312
Whitley	255	19	140	0	0	0	14 (38) *	1 (1) *	2 (10) *	269 (38) *	20 (11) *	142 (10) *
Hampden	323	15	161	73	1	29	1	0	4	397	16	194
Liberator	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	0
Fortress (B17)	2	1	0	0	0	0	11	4	1	13	5	1
Manchester	53	3	8	9	0	2	1	0	0	63	3	10
Stirling	487	29	90	84	2	23	35	3	15	606	35	128
Halifax	1,734	98	281	48	0	11	51	4	5 (4) *	1,833	142	345 (4) *
Lancaster	3,255	235	336	87	3	7	3 (4) *			3,345 (4) *	142	345
Total Heavy Losses	5,531	266	715	228	6	4	103 (4) *	16	23 (4)	5,862 (4) *	288	781 (4) *

Grand Totals All Types	7,985	420	1,444	409	9	86	261 (42) *	36 (1) *	74 (14) *	8,655 (42) *	475 (1)	1,604 (14) *

* Values shown in brackets indicate aircraft destroyed or damage while operating under the control of Coastal Command are shown in brackets.

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