took 238,243 unwounded prisoners; 101,784 German, 89,442 Italian and 47,017 others. In 2004, Rick Atkinson wrote that a quarter of a million prisoners is a reasonable estimate. Playfair wrote that G. F. Howe, the American official historian, recorded the capture of 275,000 Axis soldiers, an 18th Army Group calculation of 244,500 prisoners (including 157,000 Germans), that Rommel estimated 130,000 Germans were taken prisoner and Arnim estimated 100,000 German and 200,000 Italian prisoners of war. The Luftwaffe lost 2,422+ aircraft in the Mediterranean theatre from November 1942 – May 1943 (41 percent of the ). At least 1,045 aircraft were destroyed; from 22 to 30 November 1942, the flew 1,084 sorties losing 63 aircraft, including 21 destroyed on the ground. The recorded the loss of four. From 1 to 12 December, the flew 1,000 sorties and lost 37 aircraft, including nine on the ground, while the Italians recorded the loss of ten more. From 13 to 26 December, the flew 1,030 sorties and lost 17 aircraft, while the Italians lost three. From 27 December 1942 to 17 January 1943, the lost 47 aeroplanes; losses are unknown. From 18 January to 13 February, the lost another 100 aircraft but Italian losses are unknown. From 14 February to 28 March, 136 German aeroplanes were lost and the lost 22 more. From 29 March to 21 April, 270 aeroplanes were destroyed and 46 "operational aircraft and almost their entire remaining air transport fleet" was lost. From 22 April until the end, the lost 273 aircraft; 42 bombers, 166 fighters, 52 transport aircraft, 13 observation aircraft and the Italians recorded the loss of 17 aeroplanes; 600+ aircraft were captured by the Allies. See also List of British military equipment of World War II List of equipment of the United States Army during World War II List of French military equipment of World War II List of German military equipment of World War II List of Italian Army equipment in World War II Tunisian Victory List of World War II Battles Military history of Italy during World War II Panzer Army Africa Italian Service Units Notes Footnotes Citations References published in O'Hara, Vince (2015). TORCH: North Africa and the Allied Path to Victory Naval Institute Press ISBN 978-1612518237 External links The Green Howards Regimental History, – Bill Cheall's Story The Irish Brigade: 38th (Irish) Brigade at Bou Arada and Medjez el-Bab, January–April 1943 The 166th (Newfoundland)