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US Lend-Lease and GB aid.

AFVs:

British:				sent			       received
          Matilda IIA*			1084				 918
          Valentine II/III/IV/V/VII/IX/X 3782 (incl. 1388 from Canada)	3332
          Valentine Bridgelayer		  25
          Churchill III/IV		 301				 253
          Cromwell			   6				   6
          Tetrarch			  20				  19
          Universal Carrier		2560 (incl. 1348 from Canada)

American:
          M3A1 Stuart			1676
          M5 Stuart			   5
          M24 Chaffee			   2
          M2A1 (medium tank)		  few
          M3A3/M3A5 Lee/Grant		1386
          M4A2 Sherman (75mm)		2007
          M4A2 Sherman (76mm)		2095
          M10 Wolverine			  52
          M18 Hellcat			   5
          M26 Pershing			   1
          M31 ARV			 115
          M15A1 MGMC			 100
          M17 MGMC			1000
          T48 {Soviet name SU-57}	 650 (from Britain)
          M2 halftrack			 342
          M3 halftrack			   2
          M5 halftrack			 421
          M9 halftrack			 413
          T16				  96
          M3A1 Scout			3340
          LVT				   5

	Note: During the transfer, were lost
	443 Stuarts, 417 M3 & M4, 54 halftracks, 228 Scouts, 
	320 Valentines, 43 Churchills, 252 Matildas, 224 Carriers.

				The best Lend-Lease tank - Sherman
				The worst Lend-Lease tank - medium M3

                                  sent	 lost   accepted
American:
   ftrs	P40B/C/E/K/M/N
	TomaHawk I/IIB
    	KittyHawk III/IV/PV	 2428+146	2134  (from USA + Britain)
   ftrs P39D/F/K/L/M/N/Q/ 
	P400/ AiraCobra I
	TP39D/F/Q	        4853+212	4952  (from USA + Britain)
   ftr	P63A/C KingCobra	 2397	  63
   ftr	P47B/D/E/F/K/L/N/M/H
	Thunderbolt I/II	  203		 195
   ftr	P51A Mustang I		   10			(from Britain)
   bmr	DB7A/B/	Boston I/II
	A20A/B/C/G/K/J/Y Havoc	 3075		2771
   bmr	B25C/D/S/G/J Mitchell	  866		 861
   bmr	B24 Liberator		    1		   1
  trans	C47/A/B Skytrain
	C48/A/C
	C49/A/H/J/K
	Dakota I/II/III/IV	  707		 707
  trans	C46 Commando		    1		   1
   rcn	O52 Owl			   30		  19
   boat	PBY5A/PBN1 Nomad	  138		 137
   boat	PBY3			    3
   boat	PBY6A Catalina		   48		  48
   boat	OS2U Kingsfisher	    2		   2
  train	AT6A/B/C/D Texan	   84		  82

British:
   	Spitfire (total)	 1341		1338
   ftr	 VB					 143
   ftr	 LF IX			 1183
   ftr	 HF XI			    2
   rcn	 PR IV			    9?
   ftr	 LF XVI			    9
   ftr	Hurricane IIA/B/C/D	 3063		2952  (from Britain + Canada)
   ftr	Typhoon			    1		   1
   torp	Hampden TB1		   32		  20
  trans	Albemarle I		   13		  12
   bmr	Mosquito BIV		    1		   1
   bmr	Stirling		    1		   1
   bmr	Lancaster		    6	   	   2


The best fighter - P39Q AiraCobra (KingCobra was better, but P63 flew only some missions against Japan)
The worst fighter - Hurricane (obsoleted; the Soviets rearmed Hurricane with own good guns, but it still was too slow)
The best bomber - B25 Mitchell
The worst bomber - Hampden
The best recon plane - Spitfire (surprise! of course, Spitfire was good fighter too, but it wasn't fit for the Eastern front)
The worst recon plane - O52 Owl
The best transport plane - C47 (USSR also built many Li-2 - the own licensed variant)
The worst transport plane - Albemarle

B&W Gallery of planes

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Other Lend-Lease goods:

Ships (incl. battleships and cruiser), spare parts (incl. engines), 
different guns and flaks [37mm, 40mm, 90mm...] (9600 total), ammunition, 
MGs and SMGs, explosives, fuel, tracks and jeeps, motorcycles,
telephones and wires, radars, radiostations, locomotives and coaches, rails, 
rubber, metals (inc. aluminium and steel), clothes, food, tobacco...

In short words: "Thank you, friends! You helped a lot!
But the second front in Europe in 1942 (or at least in 1943;
instead of almost useless war in Africa) would be much better..."