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Aviation History
1932
1932 - 0093.PDF
A = Army aircraft. N = Naval aircraft. O = Aircraft in use overseas, i.e., outside Mother country. Plain figures are taken from League of Nations documents. Figures in brackets obtained from other sources. France < I Great Britain .. -1 Italy . . < Poland . . <f Czechoslovakia Soviet Union . . Belgium Spain . . < Jugoslavia . . < Rumania .. < United States^ Japan .. •< A N O A N O A N O A N A — A A N O A N A N A N 0 A N Active Service Aircraft of First-line (excluding Reserve). Single- Seater Fighters. (470) (30) (180) (48) (-) (312) (54) (144) (16) (120) (290) (150) Day Bombers. (200) (72) (262) (42) (176) (60) (48) (34) (7) (12) (20) (160) (16) Night Bombers. (120) (80) (-) (100) (7) (10) — (8) > Not known in detail. . (120) (?) (60) (?) (443) Cols. 1-4 Cols. 1-4 (276) (80) (?) (36) (?) (248) total 623 total 82 (30) (20) (?) (?) (1,000) (11) Recon naissance (420) (36) 395 (84) (66) (66) (180) (157) (70) (275) (48) (120) (550) (72) On Board Vessels. 62 (44) — — — — Coastal Defence. — (24) (18) . — — — — (146) (?) (108) (80) (577) (267) — — 164 (290) 329 — — — (460) 472 Total First-Line Aircraft. \ 1,292 395 (630) 400 (200) 153 (260) 153 (652) 1 (259) V750 (104) J (433) \ (76) / /uu (270) 546 (1,000) (246) 195 321 33 108 (366) 568 (?) 59 (204) 573 (80) 26 (1,268) 883 (1,000) 787 (? ) 82 (584) 584 (750) 800 First-Line Reserves. 430 (545) 353 p (500) (150) (800) (50) 45 8 (50) (100) Included in First-line machines 554 Total First- Line, including Reserve. 2,117 (1,635) 1,059 (1,015) 750 (1,009) (420) 546 (1,800) (245) 195 515 (677) (699) (2,268) 1,752 (1,334) 1,939 Second- Line, School Machines, etc. (including Reserve). 883 (218) 375 757 (300) 141 (150) 113 134 263 34 (100) (532) 599 including commercial aircraft ? (39 school machines) Grand Total, including all Reserves, etc. 3,000 (1,853) 1,434 1,507 (1,309) 700 (561) 687 (1,950) (358) 308 649 (974) 924 799 (2,800) 2,351 (1,373) 1,939 Present Percen tage of New Types (esti mated) . 40 70 Army 40 Navy 60 30 40 25 50 20 40 20 50 ? Remarks. France, it is estimated, can mobilise 4,000 air craft at once. League of Nations figures do not include India, auxiliary force and Dominions. — Of first-line machines a cer tain number are school machines convertible into military types. — Russia has not submitted figures to League of Nations. — — — — Figures in brackets in clude machines of the Five-years Plan. League of Nations figures, and bracketed naval figures include machines on order.
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