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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

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}}