Editing Operation Compass (section)

===Casualties===
The WDF suffered casualties of {{nowrap|500 killed,}} {{nowrap|55 missing,}} and {{nowrap|1,373 wounded.}}{{sfn|Wavell|1946|pp=3, 268}} The RAF lost {{nowrap|26 aircraft,}} comprising six Hurricane and five Gladiator fighters, three Wellington bombers, a [[Vickers Type 264 Valentia|Vickers Valentia]] bomber/transport and eleven Blenheim light bombers. A far larger number of aircraft became non-operational due to damage, which could not be repaired quickly for lack of spare parts, a problem made worse by the increased use of explosive bullets by the Italians. (On 14 December, a raid on Bardia by nine Blenheims cost one aircraft shot down and seven damaged by explosive bullets.){{sfn|Terraine|1997|p=318}} The Italian 10th Army lost at least {{nowrap|5,500 men}} killed, about {{nowrap|10,000 wounded,}} {{nowrap|133,298 men}} taken prisoner and losses of {{nowrap|420 tanks}} and {{nowrap|845 guns.}}{{sfn|Harding|1941}}