Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 123 -- Airborne and Effective Combat Sorties Flown in China & India-Burma, By Type of Airplane: Feb 1942 to Aug 1945

Year
and
Month

 Total Heavy Bomber Medium & Light Bomber Fighter
Airborne Effective Airborne Effective Airborne Effective Airborne Effective
Grand Total 148,029 a  135,722 10,849 a 8,871 24,731 a 22,062 112,449 a 104,789
Annually
1942
(Feb-Dec)		 1,341 NA 179 NA 371 NA 791 NA
1943 23,151 21,186 3,562 2,726 4,694 4,303 14,895 14,157
1944 78,999 73,016 4,035 3,366 13,127 11,720 61,837 56,930
1945
(Jan-Aug)		 44,538 41,520 3,073 2,779 6,539 6,039 34,926 32,702
Monthly  
1942
Feb 5 Not
Available		 5 Not
Available		 - Not
Available		 - Not
Available
Mar 23 9 3 11
Apr 30 12 3 15
May 52 18 23 11
Jun 158 22 57 79
Jul 111 16 40 55
Aug 115 10 33 72
Sep 171 10 43 118
Oct 191 16 37 138
Nov 199 28 47 124
Dec 286 33 85 168
 
1943
Jan 485 484 59 58 95 95 331 331
Feb 797 753 130 118 87 77 580 558
Mar 1,237 1,170 195 189 252 226 790 755
Apr 1,522 1,326 239 152 401 340 882 834
May 1,760 1,571 373 302 443 386 944 883
Jun 955 763 201 102 382 326 372 335
Jul 1,454 1,294 307 229 397 371 750 694
Aug 1,304 1,109 304 195 462 422 538 492
Sep 1,798 1,573 336 233 614 567 848 773
Oct 2,818 2,610 473 406 685 659 1,660 1,545
Nov 3,969 3,664 482 366 335 314 3,152 2,984
Dec 5,052 4,869 463 376 541 520 4,048 3,973
 
1944
Jan 2,962 2,768 298 203 203 195 2,461 2,370
Feb 2,589 3,349 221 205 2,60 224 3,108 2,920
Mar 5,171 4,888 280 246 413 371 4,478 4,271
Apr 4,971 4,449 353 219 675 576 3,943 3,654
May 6,750 5,966 383 306 1,292 1,100 5,075 4,560
Jun 6,115 5,508 326 260 1,757 1,564 4,032 3,684
Jul 7,261 6,688 325 279 1,069 923 5,867 5,486
Aug 7,413 6,896 238 197 1,223 1,050 5,952 5,649
Sep 7,146 6,519 349 285 1,557 1,389 5,240 4,845
Oct 8,575 7,959 265 239 1,403 1,210 6,907 6,510
Nov 9,087 8,577 510 473 1,491 1,412 7,086 6,692
Dec 9,959 9,449 487 454 1,784 1,706 7,688 7,289
1945  
Jan 10,162 9,606 618 550 1,727 1,572 7,817 7,484
Feb 9,607 9,151 630 571 1,334 1,263 7,643 7,317
Mar 10,352 9,562 847 775 1,497 1,379 8,008 7,408
Apr 7,429 6,857 682 622 1,015 964 5,732 5,271
May 2,866 2,600 254 223 628 570 1,984 1,807
Jun 1,663 1,513 13 13 169 160 1,481 1,340
Jul 1,955 1,781 20 17 141 103 1,794 1,661
Aug 504 450 9 8 28 28 467 414

a Figures are for Jan 1943 to Aug 1945