3/20/2024 0 Comments Battlefield 5 downed tankHowever, some trainer aircraft kept on flying as scout planes. The Polish Air Force evacuated one day after the Soviet Invasion of Poland, September 18, 1939. Aircraft losses by type: 116 fighters, 112 dive bombers, 81 reconnaissance aircraft, 36 bombers, 21 sea planes, and 9 transports. Poland: Total losses were 398 lost, 112 flew to then neutral Romania, 286 destroyed, 1 missing and unaccounted for. Netherlands: Total losses were 81 aircraft during the May 1940 campaign.Japan: Estimates vary from 35,000 to 50,000 total losses, with about 20,000 lost operationally.Italy: Total losses were 5,272 aircraft, of which 3,269 were lost in combat.By type, losses totaled 21,452 fighters, 12,037 bombers, 15,428 trainers, 10,221 twin-engine fighters, 5,548 ground attack, 6,733 reconnaissance, and 6,141 transports. Estimated total number of destroyed and damaged for the war totaled 76,875 aircraft, of which 40,000 were total losses and the remainder significantly damaged. Most of them were either destroyed, damaged, captured or sold. Germany produced 119,907 aircraft of all types, including bomber, transport, reconnaissance, gliders, training, seaplanes and flying boats.Losses included 508 fighters and 218 bombers.
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