Item 04: Leslie William Sutherland's account of operations of the 1st Squadron, A.F.C., 40th wing, R.F.C., 1917-1919 - Page 61

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STATISTICS

1.7.1918 to 31.10.1918

Number of Hours flown - July: 727 - August: 512 - September: 866½ - October: 757 - Total: 2862½.

Number of Strategical Reconaissances – July: 37 - August: 31 – September: 53 – October: 36 – Total: 157.

Number of Photographic Reconaissances – July: 24 – August: 39 – September: 8 – October: 6 – Total: 77.

Number of Special Reconaissances – July: 0 – August: 0 – September: 2 – October: 1 – Total: 3.

Number of Plates Exposed - July: 524 – August: 959 – September: 387 – October: 33 – Total: 1903.

Number of Prints produced – July: 7028 – August: 7068 - September: 6233 – October: 1250 – Total: 21581.

Number of Aspect Exposures – July: 43 – August: 0 – September: 104 – October: 20 – Total: 167.

Number of Machine Gun attacks on ground targets – July: 31 – August: 24 – September – 136 – October: 9 – Total: 200.

Number of Aerial Combats – July: 14 – August: 15 – September: 8 – October: 3 – Total: 40.

Number of Rounds fired – July: 49835 – August: 43504 – September: 116684 – October: 32000 – Total: 241023.

Number of Bomb Raids – July: 1 – August: 1 – September: 140 – October: 8 – Total: 150.

Weight of Bombs dropped – Lbs. – July: 250 –August: 1080 – September: 41618 – October: 4000 – Total 46948.

Number of Escorts to bomb raids – July: 31 – August: [Page 15 – September: 5 – October: 0 – Total: 51.

Area photographed – July: 156 – August: 384 – September: 64 – October: 0 – Total: 604.

Number of Enemy Air-craft patrols – July: 140 – August: 74 – September: 59 – October: 0 – Total: 273.