Bomber Command
Monthly Operational Statistics
Updated: January 2008
Sources:
The Bomber Command War Diaries, by M. Middlebrook & C. Everitt
Lancaster To Berlin, by Walter Thompson
|
1939 |
Sorties Dispatched By Month | |||||||
|
Night |
Day | |||||||
|
Total Sorties |
Missing |
Crashed |
Percent |
Total Sorties |
Missing |
Crashed |
Percent | |
|
September |
83 |
2 |
3 |
6.0 |
40 |
12 |
0 |
30.0 |
|
October |
32 |
2 |
2 |
12.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
November |
15 |
0 |
1 |
7.0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
December |
40 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
119 |
17 |
2 |
16.0 |
|
1940 |
Sorties Dispatched By Month | |||||||
|
Night |
Day | |||||||
|
Total Sorties |
Missing |
Crashed |
Percent |
Total Sorties |
Missing |
Crashed |
Percent | |
|
January |
38 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
February |
54 |
1 |
0 |
5.8 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
March |
239 |
5 |
1 |
4.6 |
53 |
1 |
6 |
1.9 |
|
April |
489 |
18 |
8 |
5.3 |
167 |
15 |
0 |
9.0 |
|
May |
1617 |
21 |
3 |
1.5 |
802 |
49 |
3 |
6.5 |
|
June |
2484 |
26 |
7 |
1.3 |
812 |
31 |
1 |
3.9 |
|
July |
1722 |
40 |
3 |
2.5 |
616 |
32 |
4 |
5.8 |
|
August |
2188 |
52 |
11 |
2.9 |
417 |
18 |
0 |
4.3 |
|
September |
3141 |
65 |
21 |
2.7 |
98 |
1 |
0 |
1.0 |
|
October |
2242 |
27 |
32 |
2.6 |
172 |
1 |
0 |
0.6 |
|
November |
1894 |
50 |
34 |
4.4 |
113 |
2 |
0 |
1.8 |
|
December |
1385 |
37 |
25 |
4.2 |
56 |
2 |
0 |
3.6 |
|
1941 |
Sorties Dispatched By Month | |||||||