Bomber production by year

[kitplane01]

It's easy to get fighter production by year. If you want to know how many P-40s were built in Feb 1943 just ask.

But I cannot find anywhere bomber production by year.

The ideal answer would be something like
B-17: 1939 (123) 1940 (456) 1941 (789)
B-24: 1939(0) 1940 (123) 1941 (456)
B-26: ....

Anyone have any clue about bomber production by type by year?

 

[MikeMeech]

It's easy to get fighter production by year. If you want to know how many P-40s were built in Feb 1943 just ask.

But I cannot find anywhere bomber production by year.

The ideal answer would be something like
B-17: 1939 (123) 1940 (456) 1941 (789)
B-24: 1939(0) 1940 (123) 1941 (456)
B-26: ....

Anyone have any clue about bomber production by type by year?

Hi

Attached are some figures I put together some years ago for another researcher, these are Ministry of Aircraft Production figures for the 'main' British bombers:

Mike

 

[kitplane01]

Love this (and thank you).

Where did you get this?

And any data for the Americans?

 

[Milosh]

See Table 74. Army Air Force Statistical Digest: World War II : United States. Army Air Forces. Office of Statistical Control : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

 

[Reluctant Poster]

I have posted this before. Exhibit 7

 

[Reluctant Poster]

Hi

Attached are some figures I put together some years ago for another researcher, these are Ministry of Aircraft Production figures for the 'main' British bombers:

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Mike

Poor old Manchester doesn't get a mention

 

[MikeMeech]

Love this (and thank you).

Where did you get this?

And any data for the Americans?

Hi

I can't find my original source at present, this is from work I undertook in 2006. However, production is one thing, aircraft 'available' for operations is another, below are Bomber Command figures from the British Bomber Survey Unit report 'The Strategic Air War Against Germany 1939-1945':

Mike

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Hi

Attached are some figures I put together some years ago for another researcher, these are Ministry of Aircraft Production figures for the 'main' British bombers:

View attachment 578494

Mike

Nice job.

Very interesting to notice that even in 1942 Wellingtons were more produced than the 3 four engined togheter and high numbers of an obsolete plane like the Whitley produced in 1941 and 1942.

 

[MikeMeech]

Hi

The book 'German Aircraft Industry and Production 1933-1945' by Vajda & Dancey (p.136-7) has the following WW2 production numbers for 'bomber types' (not all used as bombers):
He 111:- Sept-Dec 39 - 452, 1940 - 758, 1941 - 950, 1942 - 1,357, 1943 - 1,405, 1944 - 756, 1945 - 0.
He 177:- 0, 0, 0, 166, 415, 565, 0.
Ju 87:- 143, 603, 500, 960, 1672, 1012, 0.
Ju 88:- 69, 2538, 3348, 3661, 3654, 3286, 355.
Ju 188:- 0, 0, 0, 0, 375, 1165, 66.
Ju 388:- 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 178, 24.
Do 17:- 247, 281, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.
Do 215:- 3, 92, 6, 0, 0, 0, 0.
Do 217:- 1, 20, 277, 721, 711, 0, 0.
Ar 234:- 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 154, 68.

I hope that is of use.

Mike

 

[Mark Biegert]

For US production of all aircraft, I have done quite a bit of work with the hyperwar site, which has OCRed WW2 records You can get quite a bit of data there. For example, I used Excel to download aircraft data. I then used a pivot table to present the bomber information. Note that it is quite focused on the USAAF, including fighters, bombers, trainers, etc. Navy data is lumped into light bombers and patrol bombers. The actual data contains manufacturer information as well.

I attached my Excel spreadsheet if you feel you can work with pivot tables.

 

[fubar57]

Many thanks. For those like me who don't have Excel I converted the file to PDF

 

[R Leonard]

Be sure to check
Official munitions production of the United States by months, July 1, 1940 - August 31, 1945. :: World War II Operational Documents
400 plus pages of statistical minutiae.
see pages 1-80 for aircraft production

 

[Mark Biegert]

Be sure to check
Official munitions production of the United States by months, July 1, 1940 - August 31, 1945. :: World War II Operational Documents
400 plus pages of statistical minutiae.
see pages 1-80 for aircraft production

That's a very good reference. I was looking for a source with Packard Merlin production numbers. Thanks.

 

[kitplane01]

Wow. I'm very impressed with all I have been given. Much thanks.

Now if someone wants to enter all this into wikipedia ... =D>

 

[Freebird]

Hi

I can't find my original source at present, this is from work I undertook in 2006. However, production is one thing, aircraft 'available' for operations is another, below are Bomber Command figures from the British Bomber Survey Unit report 'The Strategic Air War Against Germany 1939-1945':

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Mike

Excellent post, thanks!

Presumably British aircraft production outstripped available aircrew significantly in 1941, so the limiting factor in the number of operational aircraft would be aircrew, not aircraft

 

[Admiral Beez]

Hi

Attached are some figures I put together some years ago for another researcher, these are Ministry of Aircraft Production figures for the 'main' British bombers:

View attachment 578494

Mike

Kudos to the Wellington for staying relevant and in production from first flight in June 1936 to the last unit produced in October 1945. That's nine years, four months.