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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 estimates were based on establishments, i.e. 12 aircraft per Staffel 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) 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;" | 2 September 1939
 * style="text-align: center;" | 3467
 * style="text-align: center;" | -
 * rowspan="8" | Until the end of March 1941, A.I.3(b)
 * rowspan="8" | Until the end of March 1941, A.I.3(b)
 * 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
 * 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
 * rowspan="12" | As the results of the findings of the
 * 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,
 * 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,
 * style="text-align: center;" | 4980
 * rowspan="4" | From the end of June 1944 onwards,
 * 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
 * }
 * 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.