Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 124 -- Airborne and Effective Combat Sorties Flown in Alaska: Jan 1942 to Aug 1945

Year
and
Month

 Total Heavy Bomber Medium & Light Bomber Fighter
Airborne Effective Airborne Effective Airborne Effective Airborne Effective
Grand Total 7,318 a 5,576 2,578 a 1,677 1,677 a  1,250 3,063 a  2,649
Annually
1942 1,167 NA 679 NA 117 NA 361 NA
1943 4,706 4,592 1,056 1,024 1,037 1,000 2,615 2,568
1944 815 548 446 324 282 143 87 81
1945
(Jan-May)		 640 436 397 329 243 107 - -
Monthly  
1942
Jan 12 NOT AVAILABLE - NOT AVAILABLE 5 NOT AVAILABLE 7 NOT AVAILABLE
Feb 14 - 5 9
Mar 17 - 6 11
Apr 18 - 6 12
May 25 4 7 14
Jun 94 43 10 31
Jul 130 79 12 39
Aug 150 98 12 40
Sep 157 102 12 43
Oct 172 109 11 52
Nov 173 106 13 54
Dec 195 128 18 49
1943  
Jan 215 215 60 60 45 45 110 110
Feb 312 312 67 67 86 86 159 159
Mar 635 535 172 172 119 119 344 344
Apr 1,138 1,138 198 198 166 166 774 774
May 778 778 188 188 198 198 392 392
Jun 402 402 93 93 110 110 199 199
Jul 508 453 132 112 117 93 259 248
Aug 53 604 127 118 182 172 344 314
Sep 20 17 8 6 12 11 - -
Oct 28 28 - - - - 28 28
Nov 6 - - - - - 6 -
Dec 11 10 11 10 - - - -
1944  
Jan - - - - - - - -
Feb 8 1 8 1 - - - -
Mar 73 29 50 19 7 - 16 10
Apr 59 38 50 33 9 5 - -
May 62 43 28 20 34 23 - -
Jun 112 94 40 34 37 25 35 35
Jul 45 33 15 13 10 - 20 20
Aug 89 76 36 33 41 31 12 12
Sep 130 83 60 50 66 29 4 4
Oct 100 72 70 54 30 18 - -
Nov 83 58 55 46 28 12 - -
Dec 54 21 34 21 20 - - -
1945  
Jan 69 59 40 34 29 25 - -
Feb 56 30 38 26 26 4 - -
Mar 114 54 62 40 52 14 - -
Apr 107 64 50 44 57 20 - -
May 92 82 64 62 28 20 - -
Jun 90 69 59 57 31 12 - -
Jul 75 53 55 41 20 12 - -
Aug 29 25 29 25 - - - -

a - Figures are for Jan 1943 to Aug 1943