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Part Five - Expansion Scheme F - The Metropolitan Air Force At 31st March 1939 as Planned at 12th October 1936 - Our Timeline
Home Defence Force
1,022 Bombers in 70 Squadrons (59 Regular and 11 Auxiliary)
240 Heavy Bombers in 20 squadrons of 12 aircraft (Nos. 7, 9, 10, 37, 38, 51, 58, 75, 76, 77, 78, 97, 99, 102, 115, 148, 149, 166, 214 and 215)​
3 Harrow in 3 squadrons​
9 Whitley in 9 squadrons​
8 Unspecified in 8 squadrons​
96 Large Medium Bombers in 8 squadrons of 12 aircraft (Nos. 139, 114, 144, 61, 44, 50, 113 and 211)​
4 Handley Page B.9/32​
4 Vickers B.9/32​
522 Small Medium Bombers in 29 Regular squadrons of 18 aircraft​
14 Blenheim squadrons (Nos. 12, 18, 21, 33, 34, 57, 88, 90, 101, 103, 107, 108, 110 and 142)​
15 Battle squadrons (Nos. 15, 35, 40, 49, 52, 62, 63, 82, 83, 98, 104, 105, 207, 218 and 226)​
132 Small Medium Bombers in 11 Auxiliary squadrons of 12 aircraft (Nos. 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 602, 605, 610, 611, 612 and 613)​
11 Battle squadrons​
42 Torpedo Bombers in 2 squadrons of 16 (Nos. 22 and 42)​
2 Bristol 152 or Blackburn squadrons​

420 Fighters in 30 squadrons (25 Regular and 5 Auxiliary)
294 Home Defence fighters in 21 squadrons of 14 aircraft (Nos. 1, 3, 17, 19, 25, 32, 43, 46, 54, 56, 65, 66, 72, 73, 74, 79, 85, 87, 111, 151 and 213)​
14 Hurricane squadrons​
7 Spitfire squadrons​
126 Air Component fighters in 9 squadrons of 14 aircraft (Nos. 23, 29, 41, 64, 600, 601, 604, 607 and 608)​
9 Hawker Hotspur squadrons (4 Regular and 5 Auxiliary)​

Total Home Defence Force 1,462 Aircraft in 100 Squadrons (84 Regular and 16 Auxiliary)

132 Army Co-operation Aircraft in 11 squadrons of 12 aircraft (7 Regular and 4 Auxiliary) (Nos. 2, 4, 13, 16, 26, 53, 59, 603, 609, 614 and 615)

6 Hector squadrons (2 Regular and 4 Auxiliary)​
5 Lysander squadrons​

162 General Reconnaissance Aircraft in 13 squadrons
126 G.R. landplanes in 7 squadrons of 18 aircraft (Nos. 48, 206, 217, 220, 224, 233 and 269)​
3 Bristol 149 squadrons​
4 Bristol 152 or Blackburn squadrons​
36 flying boats in 6 squadrons of 6 aircraft (Nos. 201, 204, 209, 210, 228 and 240)​
2 Short R.2/33 or Singapore squadrons​
2 London squadrons​
2 Stranraer squadrons​

Total Metropolitan Air Force 1,736 Aircraft in 124 Squadrons (104 Regular and 20 Auxiliary)

Source: National Archives File Air.20/67

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