Summary 3 Group combat claims 1943-1945
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 7:00 pm
Hi,
For your information I have made a summary of the combat claims made 3 Group during the period 1943-1945. This summary is based on the Monthly Supplementary Narrative of Operations which is probably the closest we will come to an official list of combat claims made by Bomber Command. Observe that for the first months 1943 several claims found in other documents like Operational Record Books are missing but from May 1943 there is a bigger conformity between these documents even though some claims are downgraded (from Destroyed to Probable or from Probable to Damaged) in the Monthly Supplementary Narrative of Operations.
Total combat claims for 3 Group 1943-1945: 94 Destroyed, 34 Probably destroyed and 81 Damaged
1943: 47 + 19 + 46
1944: 44 + 11 + 30
1945: 3 + 4 + 5
Per type
Wellington: 0 + 0 + 1
Stirling: 48 + 14 + 39
Lancaster: 46 + 20 + 41
I will come back with summaries per squadron.
Regards,
Peter
For your information I have made a summary of the combat claims made 3 Group during the period 1943-1945. This summary is based on the Monthly Supplementary Narrative of Operations which is probably the closest we will come to an official list of combat claims made by Bomber Command. Observe that for the first months 1943 several claims found in other documents like Operational Record Books are missing but from May 1943 there is a bigger conformity between these documents even though some claims are downgraded (from Destroyed to Probable or from Probable to Damaged) in the Monthly Supplementary Narrative of Operations.
Total combat claims for 3 Group 1943-1945: 94 Destroyed, 34 Probably destroyed and 81 Damaged
1943: 47 + 19 + 46
1944: 44 + 11 + 30
1945: 3 + 4 + 5
Per type
Wellington: 0 + 0 + 1
Stirling: 48 + 14 + 39
Lancaster: 46 + 20 + 41
I will come back with summaries per squadron.
Regards,
Peter