The Battle of Britain: Myth and Reality

^{* includes 2 half-strength squadrons}

^{** includes 1 part-strength squadron}

Table 3: Operational losses per week, July–November 1940 (aircraft totally destroyed)

Date	Hurricanes	Spitfires
10 May–29 July	173	110
30 July–5 August	2	9
6–12 August	47	25
13–19 August	84	38
20–26 August	39	33
27 August–2 September	96	48
3–9 September	86	53
10–16 September	50	24
17–23 September	21	19
24–30 September	60	29
1–7 October	17 19
8–14 October	21	19
15–21 October	18	14
22–28 October	22	16
29 October–4 November	17	11
Total	753	467
(as percentage)	61.7	38.3

Sources:

Table 1: PRO AIR 22/293, ‘Weekly Output of Fighters’.

Table 2: PRO AIR 16/365, ‘Fighter Command, Operational Strength of Squadrons and Order of Battle’.

Table 3: PRO AIR 22/262, ‘Daily Returns of Casualties to RAF Aircraft’, 25 June–29 September 1940.

SINGLE-ENGINED FIGHTER PILOT STRENGTH, RAF AND GERMAN AIR FORCE

Table 1: Fighter Command pilot strength

Week ending	Establishment	Operational strength
30 June 1940	1,482	1,200
27 July 1940	1,456	1,377
17 August 1940	1,558	1,379
31 August 1940	1,558	1,422
14 September 1940	1,662	1,492
28 September 1940	1,662	1,581
19 October 1940	1,714	1,752
2 November 1940	1,727	1,796