Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II
Table 118 -- Combat Sorties Flown, By Theater: Dec 1941 to Aug 1945
Year and Month Total Theaters vs Germany Theaters vs Japan
Total ETO MTO Total POA FEAF C & I-B Alaska Twentieth Air Force
Grand Total 2,362,800 1,693,565 1,034,052 659,513 669,235 59,101 415,979 148,029 7,318 38,808
Annually                    
1941(Dec) 212 - - - 212 - 212 - - -
1942 26,688 9,749 2,453 7,296 16,939 130 14,311 1,341 1,157 -
1943 365,940 233,523 63,929 169,594 132,417 1,413 103,147 23,151 4,706 -
1944 1,284,195 1,012,101 655,289 356,812 272,094 26,364 163,397 78,999 815 2,519
1945
(Jan-Aug)		 685,765 438,192 312,381 125,811 247,573 31,194 134,912 44,538 640 36,289
Monthly                    
1941                    
Dec 212 - - - 212 - 212 - - -
1942                    
Jan 353 - - - 353 - 341 - 12 -
Feb 761 - - - 761 - 742 5 14 -
Mar 1,019 - - - 1,019 - 979 23 17 -
Apr 1,229 - - - 1,229 - 1,181 30 18 -
May 1,306 - - - 1,306 6 1,223 52 25 -
Jun 1,561 70 - 70 1,491 59 1,180 158 94 -
Jul 1,579 166 - 166 1,413 - 1,172 111 130  
Aug 2,041 579 324 255 1,462 - 1,197 115 150 -
Sep 2,679 999 423 576 1,680 - 1,352 171 157 -
Oct 4,020 2,053 534 1,519 1,967 - 1,604 191 172 -
Nov 5,218 3,173 629 2,544 2,045 10 1,663 199 173 -
Dec 4,922 2,709 543 2,166 2,213 55 1,677 286 195 -
1943                    
Jan 10,149 5,097 767 4,330 5,052 37 4,315 485 215 -
Feb 8,272 4,338 976 3,362 3,934 9 2,816 797 312 -
Mar 14,171 8,042 1,564 6,478 6,129 - 4,257 1,237 635 -
Apr 21,664 13,952 989 12,963 7,712 29 5,023 1,522 1,138 -
May 24,721 16,639 3,915 12,724 8,082 27 5,517 1,760 778 -
Jun 24,605 17,352 4,104 13,248 7,253 22 5,874 955 402 -
Jul 40,718 29,901 5,531 24,370 10,817 29 8,826 1,454 508 -
Aug 40,787 27,358 5,826 21,532 13,429 - 11,472 1,304 653 -
Sep 44,597 29,953 9,294 20,659 14,644 49 12,777 1,798 20 -
Oct 36,586 21,587 7,463 14,124 14,999 4 12,149 2,818 28 -
Nov 42,890 25,480 9,624 15,856 17,410 362 13,073 3,969 6 -
Dec 56,780 33,824 13,876 19,948 22,956 845 17,048 5,052 11 -
1944                    
Jan 65,603 44,179 15,183 28,992 21,428 1,402 17,064 2,962 - -
Feb 64,913 44,993 24,425 20,568 19,920 1,090 15,233 3,589 8 -
Mar 78,366 56,748 31,950 24,798 21,618 1,189 15,185 5,171 73 -
Apr 94,145 74,079 43,434 30,645 20,066 1,365 13,671 4,971 59 -
May 134,500 110,518 67,979 42,539 23,982 1,086 16,084 6,750 62 -
Jun 151,796 130,043 96,096 33,947 21,753 950 14,410 6,115 112 166
Jul 130,829 108,865 74,878 33,987 21,964 4,142 10,402 7,261 45 114
Aug 136,578 115,944 77,976 37,968 20,634 3,317 9,644 7,413 89 171
Sep 106,096 83,743 57,384 26,359 22,353 2,384 12,476 7,146 130 217
Oct 98,139 75,203 52,596 22,607 22,936 2,105 11,846 8,575 100 310
Nov 104,100 78,354 52,299 26,055 25,746 2,854 13,111 8,087 83 611
Dec 119,130 89,436 61,089 23,347 29,694 4,480 14,271 9,959 54 930
1945                    
Jan 96,528 64,491 47,577 16,914 32,037 3,520 17,277 10,162 69 1,009
Feb 131,649 99,713 68,365 31,348 31,936 3,015 17,919 9,607 64 1,331
Mar 186,377 146,880 111,472 35,408 39,497 4,270 21,658 10,352 114 3,103
Apr 157,978 120,897 79,402 41,495 37,081 3,105 22,953 7,429 107 3,487
May 39,180 6,211 5,565 646 32,969 2,988 22,461 2,866 92 4,562
Jun 33,164 - - - 33,164 6,538 19,292 1,663 90 5,581
Jul 27,871 - - - 27,871 6,496 9,054 1,955 75 10,291
Aug 13,018 - - - 13,018 1,262 4,298 504 29 6,925