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! colspan="4" style="background:LightSteelBlue;font-weight: bold;" | First Line Strength of Luftwaffe units. |
style="text-align: center;font-weight: bold;background:#ccc" | Date
! style="text-align: center;font-weight: bold;background:#ccc" | German Quartermaster-General ! style="text-align: center;font-weight: bold;background:#ccc" | A.I. 3(b) ! style="text-align: center;font-weight: bold;background:#ccc" | Comments |
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style="text-align: center;" | 2 September 1939
| style="text-align: center;" | 3467 | style="text-align: center;" | - | rowspan="8" | Until the end of March 1941, A.I.3(b) estimates were based on establishments, i.e. 12 aircraft per Staffel |
style="text-align: center;" | 30 September 1939
| style="text-align: center;" | 3628 | style="text-align: center;" | 4320 |
style="text-align: center;" | December 1940
| style="text-align: center;" | 4034 | style="text-align: center;" | 4440 |
style="text-align: center;" | March 1940
| style="text-align: center;" | 4542 | style="text-align: center;" | 5000 |
style="text-align: center;" | June 1940
| style="text-align: center;" | 4070 | style="text-align: center;" | 5405 |
style="text-align: center;" | September 1940
| style="text-align: center;" | 3888 | style="text-align: center;" | 5710 |
style="text-align: center;" | December 1940
| style="text-align: center;" | 3995 | style="text-align: center;" | 5710 |
style="text-align: center;" | March 1941
| style="text-align: center;" | 4508 | style="text-align: center;" | 5710 |
style="text-align: center;" | June 1941
| style="text-align: center;" | 4322 | style="text-align: center;" | 4540 | rowspan="12" | As the results of the findings of the Singleton Enquiry A.I.3(b) estimates were reckoned from April 1941 onwards on the basis of Initial Equipment only (9 aircraft per Staffel initially, increasing later to 12 and 15) |
style="text-align: center;" | September 1941
| style="text-align: center;" | 4356 | style="text-align: center;" | 4540 |
style="text-align: center;" | December 1941
| style="text-align: center;" | 4152 | style="text-align: center;" | 4500 |
style="text-align: center;" | March 1942
| style="text-align: center;" | 4234 | style="text-align: center;" | 4330 |
style="text-align: center;" | June 1942
| style="text-align: center;" | 4789 | style="text-align: center;" | 4670 |
style="text-align: center;" | September 1942
| style="text-align: center;" | 4687 | style="text-align: center;" | 4740 |
style="text-align: center;" | December 1942
| style="text-align: center;" | 3954 | style="text-align: center;" | 4440 |
style="text-align: center;" | March 1943
| style="text-align: center;" | 5308 | style="text-align: center;" | 4685 |
style="text-align: center;" | June 1943
| style="text-align: center;" | 5986 | style="text-align: center;" | 5200 |
style="text-align: center;" | September 1943
| style="text-align: center;" | 5118 | style="text-align: center;" | 5205 |
style="text-align: center;" | December 1943
| style="text-align: center;" | 5582 | style="text-align: center;" | 5565 |
style="text-align: center;" | March 1944
| style="text-align: center;" | 5604 | style="text-align: center;" | 5615 |
style="text-align: center;" | June 1944
| style="text-align: center;" | 5436 | style="text-align: center;" | 4980 | rowspan="4" | From the end of June 1944 onwards, A.I.3(b) estimates were reckoned on the basis of Actual Strength. German figures obtained from German Chief of Air Staff records |
style="text-align: center;" | September 1944
| style="text-align: center;" | 5728 | style="text-align: center;" | 5140 |
style="text-align: center;" | December 1944
| style="text-align: center;" | 5698 | style="text-align: center;" | 5000 |
style="text-align: center;" | April 1945
| style="text-align: center;" | 3515 | style="text-align: center;" | 3670 |
Designations
RAF A.I. 3(b) was the office of the RAF that was responsible for covering the operational state of foreign air forces. During World War II, it focused exclusively on the Luftwaffe. {{cite book|author=John Stubbington|title=Kept in the Dark: The Denial to Bomber Command of Vital ULTRA and Other Intelligence Information During World War II|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARcsAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=22 March 2019|year=2010|publisher=Pen & Sword Aviation|page=199}}