Episodes & Studies Volume 2
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THE AUTHOR, H. L. Thompson, a graduate of the University of New Zealand, served with the Intelligence Branch of the Royal Air Force during the war. He was for some time lecturer in English and History at the Borough Polytechnic, London.
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| Cause | 1939–40 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | Total |
| ship | 16 | 24 | 33 | 59 | 68 | 46 | 246 |
| aircraft | 1 | 3 | 38 | 141 | 92 | 78 | 353† |
| ship and aircraft | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 47 |
| submarines | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| mines | 4 | – | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 32 |
| other causes | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 40 | 13 | 82 |
| total | 31 | 35 | 85 | 237 | 240 | 153 | 781 |
* Includes U-boat casualties effected by all the Allied Nations.
† Includes 63 destroyed in Allied bombing raids.
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