Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II
Table 11 - Military Personnel  in Continental U S, By Air Force or Command: Dec 1941 to Aug 1945
End of Month Total Continental Air Forces First Air Force Second Air Force Third Air Force Fourth Air Force I Troop Carrier Command Training Command Air Technical Service Command Air Transport Command Personnel Distribution Command Other
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Dec 328,277 - -
1942  
Jan 366,582 - -
Feb 419,761 - -
Mar 485,768 - -
Apr 523,835 - -
May 569,204 - -
Jun 649,091 - -
Jul 708,191 - -
Aug 826,967 - -
Sep 920,810 - -
Oct 1,076,861 - -
Nov 1,301,704 - 36,213 87,031 99,223 36,298 23,444 783,103 149,225 32,436 - 54,731
Dec 1,355,028 - 39,291 100,204 101,164 39,372 23,594 809,910 153,559 30,518 - 57,416
1943
Jan 1,436,236 - 42,426 103,306 114,045 42,976 22,653 856,704 155,210 32,419 - 66,497
Feb 1,573,089 - 50,035 108,300 117,949 45,368 24,013 926,029 163,994 38,480 - 98,921
Mar 1,721,211 - 55,638 121,671 138,276 58,131 28,421 944,423 183,809 46,825 - 144,017
Apr 1,802,824 - 57,765 134,000 149,758 65,739 31,486 955,554 185,627 52,549 - 170,346
May 1,780,635 - 59,225 147,375 155,902 63,853 30,911 916,388 176,345 54,262 - 176,374
Jun 1,764,969 - 62,782 152,516 164,427 69,792 32,900 867,949 178,326 55,289 - 180,988
Jul 1,768,402 - 71,796 163,984 157,977 64,459 33,585 868,166 175,505 54,258 - 178,672
Aug 1,778,873 - 80,888 176,401 158,746 72,200 34,676 863,168 166,982 56,850 - 168,962
Sep 1,766,464 - 73,306 186,599 155,133 74,358 33,695 857,660 140,631 56,903 - 188,179
Oct 1,728,019 - 72,648 192,601 143,445 73,892 32,736 862,148 129,598 57,232 - 163,719
Nov 1,711,492 - 73,729 178,093 150,0087 73,281 34,264 851,374 118,093 57,050 - 175,521
Dec 1,638,216 - 65,616 171,386 153,695 68,164 36,073 830,628 109,502 56,959 - 146,193
1944
Jan 1,606,394 - 61,518 175,146 151,909 72,461 37,121 813,912 88,501 57,801 - 148,025
Feb 1,555,969 - 59,018 169,936 150,591 71,288 34,086 783,528 86,803 60,111 - 140,608
Mar 1,504,959 - 59,884 171,849 141,583 72,292 31,395 746,596 95,576 62,999 - 122,785
Apr 1,410,704 - 62,045 162,291 144,209 76,432 32,262 665,481 99,386 62,854 - 105,744
May 1,372,933 - 63,022 159,943 143,659 77,602 36,056 634,637 99,784 66,198 - 92,032
Jun 1,334,958 - 61,328 163,305 139,809 78,135 36,884 600,649 100,738 45,132 17,787 91,191
Jul 1,342,025 - 62,204 160,535 134,980 80,859 36,543 586,064 106,630 45,557 42,879 85,774
Aug 1,320,980 - 61,985 165,979 135,366 81,125 36,402 558,293 104,711 47,441 48,811 80,867
Sep 1,313,143 - 55,005 173,759 134,625 79,573 37,862 536,961 101,449 49,921 57,888 86,100
Oct 1,261,058 - 52,992 168,545 123,225 74,530 35,216 521,691 99,468 48,750 61,721 74,912
Nov 1,231,978 - 52,199 161,585 121,038 71,462 33,235 511,862 99,855 49,142 68,374 63,226
Dec 1,195,320 - 51,903 156,459 116,437 69,884 32,839 493,693 90,010 49,145 62,105 72,845
1945
Jan 1,165,349 - 50,686 151,257 114,036 70,744 31,315 487,386 86,709 47,118 55,327 70,771
Feb 1,138,146 - 68,186 127,911 103,933 80,472 29,587 473,951 82,658 43,325 62,216 65,907
Mar 1,108,705 - 74,866 115,858 94,773 82,692 26,895 476,830 77,868 42,518 57,946 58,459
Apr 1,105,528 388,444 I n c l u d e d  i n  C A F 473,021 74,520 40,949 62,010 66,584
May 1,101,932 384,887 455,467 73,726 50,640 63,983 73,229
Jun 1,153,373 413,476 438,295 76,469 56,118 76,137 92,878
Jul 1,185,712 463,151 432,179 83,410 57,247 74,662 75,063
Aug 1,253,573 503,052 426,500 91,835 59,902 87,995 84,289