One estimate puts British aircraft output near 26,000 airframes a year while German totals rose sharply and may have reached about 40,000 in 1944. Raw counts nevertheless compare unlike products because late German output concentrated more heavily on smaller aircraft. Britain continued producing large bombers as part of a mixed force, raising the total structural weight of its annual output. Industrial comparisons therefore need to consider the mass and type of equipment produced rather than treating every completed airframe as an equal unit.
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Aircraft counts can hide the weight of wartime production
A production comparison distinguishes the number of airframes from their aggregate weight when Britain built a heavier mix of aircraft.