Soviet Aircraft Production and Inventories to 1941

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Soviet Aircraft Production and Inventories to 1941


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[edit] Yearly Total Aircraft Production

Year Total Aircraft[1][2] Total Engines
1918 255 79
1919 137 77
1920 166 81
1921 67 15
1921-22 44 12
1922-23 186 50
1923-24 173 70
1924-25 327 157
1925-26 339 342
1926-27 545 285
1927-28 608 762
1929 912
1930 1,149
1931 1,489
1932 2,509
1933 4,115
1934 4,455
1935 2,529
1936 4,270
1937 6,039
1938 7,690
1939 10,342
1940

[edit] Aircraft Production in 1940 and the First Half of 1941

Aircraft Type 1940 1941[3] Total
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June
LaGG-3 0 0 8 35 81 88 125 337
Yak-1 64 40 37 58 66 75 101 441
MiG-1/MiG-3 120 150 175 200 270 270 298 1483
Pe-2 1 4 16 50 104 135 181 491
Il-4 0 74 93 100 72 32 62 433
Su-2 125 47 50 13 0 0 0 235
Il-2 0 0 0 2 16 74 159 251
BB-22 138 25 5 0 0 0 0 168
Ar-2 140 100 20 7 0 0 0 267


[edit] Yearly Production by Aircraft Type, 1930-1941

Aircraft Type 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941
R-5[4] 30 336 884 1572 1642 400
R-5T[4] 50
R-5a[4] 61 50
SSS[4] 221 129
I-15bis[5] 1,340 0 0
I-153[5] 1,011 2,362 64
I-16[6] 50 531 906 1,887 1,173 1,835 2,710 1,115
MiG-3 20 1289+?[7]
Yak-1 64 1374[8]
LaGG-3 2463[9]
SB[5] 1,778 2,195 237

[edit] Total Production by Aircraft Type

Aircraft Type Years of Production Total Produced
SB -1940 6656[10]
Ar-2 approx. 200[11]
LaGG-3 6528[12]
MiG-3 -1941 3322[12]
Yak-1 8271[12]

[edit] Aircraft Inventories

[edit] Aircraft Inventories as of January, 1940

Aircraft Type Authorized Strength Actual Strenth[13]
Bombers (TB-3, SB, DB-3, BB-22, etc.) 6192 4774
Fighters (I-15, I-153, I-16) 5468 4940
Reconnaissance (R-5, R-10, R-3et) 828 733
Ground Attack (I-15, SSS, R-5, R-3et, DI-6) 563 671
Total 13051 11118

[edit] Aircraft Inventories as of October 7, 1940

Aircraft Type Actual Strenth[14]
Bombers 7147
Fighters 8576
Reconnaissance + Ground Attack 3640
Total 19363

[edit] Aircraft Inventories as of June 21, 1941

This section covers Soviet aircraft inventories immediately before the start of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union.

Aircraft Type Leningrad Baltic Special Western Special Kiev Special Odessa Northern Fleet Baltic Fleet[15] Black Sea Fleet Total Frontier Districts Total USSR
DB-3 91
SB 377[16] 66
Ar-2 22[16] 17
Pe-2 19[17] 5[18] 42[16] 164[19]
I-153 262[16] 100
I-15 73[16] 31
I-16 424[16] 137
MiG-3 164[17] 67[20]-77[18] 233[16] 38
Yak-1 20[17] 20[16] > 65[21] 8
Yak-4 24[16]
LaGG-3 2[17]
Su-2 75[16] 104[22] 0
MBR-2 144
Che-2 5
Il-2 5[18] 8[16]
Total Fighters 519[22]-769[18] 1009 (of 1166)[22]-1296[21] 427[23]
Total Bombers 343[24]-438[18] 349[21]-521 (of 587)[22] 285[23]
Total Ground Attack 80[18] 184 (of 197)[22] 115[23]
Total Reconnaissance 45 (of 53)[22]-75[21]
Total New Bombers 50[21]
Total New Fighters 243[21] 980[25]
Total New Types[26] (>18%[17]) 425[22] (20%[23])
Total All Types 1288[17] 1200[18] 1560[16] 1759 (of 2003)[22]


Note: See also http://militera.lib.ru/research/kornyukhin/01.html

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[edit] References

  1. ↑ Russian Aviation and Air Power in the Twentieth Century, pg. 132
  2. ↑ Russian Aviation and Air Power in the Twentieth Century, pg. 138
  3. ↑ All data from Aviation in the USSR on the Eve of the War, pg. 354
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 R-5 Family of Aircraft, pg. 50
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Russian Aviation and Air Power in the Twentieth Century, pg. 144
  6. ↑ Polikarpov I-16 Aeroplane Database
  7. ↑ Soviet Air Force in World War II: The Official History, pg. 12. In the first six months 1289 were produced
  8. ↑ Soviet Air Force in World War II: The Official History, pg. 12. In the first six months 355 were produced, with 1019 in the second six months
  9. ↑ Soviet Air Force in World War II: The Official History, pg. 12. In the first six months 322 were produced, with 2141 in the second six months
  10. ↑ Soviet Air Force in World War II: The Official History, pg. 10
  11. ↑ Soviet Air Force in World War II: The Official History, pg. 10
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Soviet Air Force in World War II: The Official History, pg. 12
  13. ↑ Aviation in the USSR on the Eve of the War, pg.296
  14. ↑ Aviation in the USSR on the Eve of the War, pg.297
  15. ↑ Reference:Naval Aviation in the Baltic Fleet, June 1941-June 1942
  16. ↑ 16.00 16.01 16.02 16.03 16.04 16.05 16.06 16.07 16.08 16.09 16.10 16.11 Aviation in the USSR on the Eve of the War, pg. 306
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 Aviation in the USSR on the Eve of the War, pg. 309
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 Aviation in the USSR on the Eve of the War, pg. 308
  19. ↑ Aviation in the USSR on the Eve of the War, pg.293
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 The 8th Air Division lost 67 MiG-3s on the ground, and the 15th Fighter Regiment had 54 MiG-1s according to Reference:First Days of the War in Documents, Part 5
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 Aviation in the USSR on the Eve of the War, pg. 305
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 22.6 22.7 22.8 Reference:Battle for the Skies 1941: From the Dnieper to the Gulf of Finland
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 Aviation in the USSR on the Eve of the War, pg. 304
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Reference:First Days of the War in Documents, Part 5
  25. ↑ Soviet Air Force in World War II: The Official History, pg. 11. Of the 980, 886 were MiG-3s
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Where "new" types include MiG-3, Yak-1, Il-2, Pe-2, Yak-2, Yak-4, and LaGG-3
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