Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 100 -- Losses of All Types of Airplanes Overseas, By Theater and By Type of Loss: 1941 to 1945
Theater and Type of Loss Grand
Total		 1941
(Dec)		 1942 1943
(Jun-Dec)		 1944 1945
(Jan-Aug)

All Theaters
Total Losses 41,575 411 1,727 6,619 20,394 12,424
1st Line Losses (Combat & Accident) 35,933 243 1,557 6,331 18,476 9,326
2nd Line Losses 5,642 168 170 288 1,918 3,098
Dropped to 2nd Line 6,952 - - 561 4,160 2,231
European Theater of Operations
Total Losses 17,082 - 133 1,651 10,447 4,851
1st Line Losses (Combat & Accident) 15,769 - 130 1,614 9,937 4,088
2nd Line Losses 1,313 - 3 37 510 763
Dropped to 2nd Line 1,383 - - 34 1,162 187
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Total Losses 10,612 - 224 2,771 5,228 2,389
1st Line Losses (Combat & Accident) 9,253 - 222 2,718 4,931 1,382
2nd Line Losses 1,359 - 2 53 297 1,007
Dropped to 2nd Line 2,541 - - 67 1,271 1,203
Pacific Ocean Areas
Total Losses 1,394 110 106 196 348 634
1st Line Losses (Combat & Accident) 1,054 67 82 172 274 459
2nd Line Losses 340 43 24 24 74 175
Dropped to 2nd Line 375 - - 52 193 130
Far East Air Forces
Total Losses 7,229 298 849 1,243 2,584 2,255
1st Line Losses (Combat & Accident) 5,738 176 813 1,185 1,902 1,662
2nd Line Losses 1,491 122 36 58 682 593
Dropped to 2nd Line 2,016 - - 368 1,281 367
China & India-Burma
Total Losses 3,289 - 106 403 1,354 1,426
1st Line Losses (Combat & Accident) 2,536 - 99 386 1,109 942
2nd Line Losses 753 - 7 17 245 484
Dropped to 2nd Line 425 - - - 233 192
Alaska
Total Losses 492 3 118 145 99 127
1st Line Losses (Combat & Accident) 430 - 94 134 83 119
2nd Line Losses 62 3 24 11 16 8
Dropped to 2nd Line 10 - - 1 8 1
Twentieth Air Force
Total Losses 651 - - - 183 468
1st Line Losses (Combat & Accident) 619 - - - 158 461
2nd Line Losses 32 - - - 25 7
Dropped to 2nd Line 151 - - - 3 148
Other Overseas
Total Losses 826 - 191 210 151 274
1st Line Losses (Combat & Accident) 534 - 117 122 82 213
2nd Line Losses 292 - 74 88 69 61
Dropped to 2nd Line 51 - - 39 9 3