Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 119 -- Airborne and Effective Combat Sorties Flown in European Theater of Operations: Aug 1942 to May 1945

Year
and
Month

 Total Heavy Bomber Medium & Light Bomber Fighter
Airborne Effective Airborne Effective Airborne Effective Airborne Effective
Grand Total 1,034,052 898,758 332,904 274,921 131,051 96,523 570,097 527,314
Annually
1942
(Jun-Dec)		 2,453 1,704 1,453 754 - - 1,000 950
1943 63,929 50,163 27,362 20,129 9,307 5,533 27,260 24,501
1944 655,289 559,617 210,544 170,117 79,461 54,922 365,284 334,578
1945
(Jan-May)		 312,381 284,274 93,545 83,921 42,283 36,068 176,553 167,285
Monthly  
1942
Aug 324 276 114 76 - - 210 200
Sep 423 329 183 99 - - 240 230
Oct 534 383 284 143 - - 250 240
Nov 629 371 519 271 - - 110 100
Dec 543 345 353 165 - - 190 180
1943  
Jan 767 642 338 220 - - 429 422
Feb 976 748 526 313 - - 450 435
Mar 1,564 1,407 956 823 - - 608 584
Apr 989 859 449 349 - - 540 510
May 3,915 3,603 1,672 1,471 23 23 2,220 2,109
Jun 4,104 3,147 2,107 1,268 - - 1,997 1,879
Jul 5,531 4,292 2,829 1,743 416 416 2,286 2,133
Aug 5,826 4,771 2,265 1,850 1,297 904 2,264 2,017
Sep 9,294 7,252 3,259 2,457 2,611 1,808 3,424 2,987
Oct 7,463 5,526 2,831 2,117 1,236 521 3,396 2,888
Nov 9,624 6,884 4,157 2,581 1,562 867 3,905 3,436
Dec 13,876 11,032 5,973 4,937 2,162 994 5,741 5,101
1944  
Jan 15,183 12,541 6,367 5,027 1,649 1,050 7,167 6,464
Feb 24,425 19,588 9,884 7,512 3,862 2,373 10,679 9,703
Mar 31,950 26,411 11,590 8,773 4,099 3,025 16,261 14,613
Apr 43,434 34,493 14,464 9,945 7,416 5,332 21,554 19,216
May 67,979 55,358 19,825 13,975 11,944 8,523 36,210 32,860
Jun 96,096 82,369 28,925 22,713 11,711 8,908 55,460 50,748
Jul 74,878 64,626 23,917 18,864 8,008 5,839 42,953 39,923
Aug 77,976 67,961 22,967 18,964 9,182 6,588 45,827 42,409
Sep 57,384 49,393 18,268 15,617 5,431 3,379 33,685 30,397
Oct 52,596 45,990 19,082 17,058 3,633 1,800 29,881 27,132
Nov 52,299 46,340 17,003 15,245 5,176 3,224 30,120 27,871
Dec 61,089 54,547 18,252 16,424 7,350 4,881 35,487 33,242
1945  
Jan 47,577 42,309 16,702 14,750 4,457 2,998 26,418 24,561
Feb 68,365 62,350 22,884 19,933 9,255 7,902 36,226 34,515
Mar 111,472 104,795 31,169 28,804 17,461 15,792 62,842 60,199
Apr 79,402 72,842 20,514 18,180 10,832 9,209 48,056 45,453
May 5,565 4,978 2,276 2,254 278 167 3,011 2,557