Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II
Table 125 -- Airborne and Effective Combat Sorties Flown by Twentieth Air Force, By Type of Airplane: Jun 1944 to Aug 1945
Year and Month Total Very Heavy Bomber Fighter
XX Bomber Command XXI Bomber Command
Airborne Effective Airborne Effective Airborne Effective Airborne Effective
Grand Total 38,808 35,790 3,058 2,752 28,329 26,401 7,421 6,637
Annually                
1944 (Jun-Dec) 2,519 2,157 1,703 1,490 816 667 - -
1945 (Jan-Aug) 36,289 33,633 1,355 1,262 27,513 25,734 7,421 6,637
Monthly                
1944                
Jun 166 131 166 131 - - - -
Jul 114 102 114 102 - - - -
Aug 171 145 171 145 - - - -
Sep 217 199 217 199 - - - -
Oct 310 279 310 279 - - - -
Nov 611 514 390 339 221 175 - -
Dec 930 787 335 295 595 492 - -
1945                
Jan 1,009 887 466 433 543 454 - -
Feb 1,331 1,189 490 457 841 732 - -
Mar 3,103 2,892 399 372 2,704 2,520 - -
Apr 3,487 3,246 - - 3,487 3,246 - -
May 4,562 4,226 - - 4,562 4,226 - -
Jun 5,581 5,243 - - 5,581 5,243 - -
Jul 10,291 9,515 - - 6,464 6,168 3,827 3,347
Aug 6,925 6,435 - - 3,331 3,145 3,594 3,290