Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II
Table 127 -- Individual Crossings of Enemy Lines, By Theater: Dec 1941 to Aug 1945

(Total combat sorties times personnel per crew.)

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 9,562,653 7,298,689 4,439,619 2,859,070 2,263,964 213,265 1,289,791 369,325 38,905 352,678
Annually                    
1941(Dec) 653 - - - 653 - 653 - - -
1942 101,404 44,435 15,530 28,905 56,969 1,080 43,229 4,807 7,853 -
1943 1,272,660 885,978 356,722 529,256 386,682 10,729 277,889 78,679 19,385 -
1944 5,321,323 4,471,971 2,810,826 1,661,145 849,352 106,764 527,691 180,949 6,239 27,709
1945
(Jan-Aug)		 2,866,613 1,896,305 1,256,541 639,764 970308 94,692 440,329 104,890 5,428 324,969
Monthly                    
1941                    
Dec 653 - - - 653 - 653 - - -
1942                    
Jan 779 - - - 779 - 742 - 37 -
Feb 1,442 - - - 1,442 - 1,353 50 39 -
Mar 1,861 - - - 1,861 - 1,695 119 47 -
Apr 2,808 - - - 2,808 - 2,607 153 48 -
May 3,582 - - - 3,582 36 3,121 329 96 -
Jun 5,808 700 - 700 5,108 574 3,272 641 621 -
Jul 6,683 1,660 - 1,660 5,023 - 3,667 455 901 -
Aug 9,334 3,580 1,350 2,230 5,754 - 4,292 370 1,092 -
Sep 11,341 4,964 2,070 2,894 6,377 - 4,766 476 1,135 -
Oct 15,849 8,624 3,090 5,534 7,225 - 5,497 520 1,208 -
Nov 21,770 13,838 5,300 8,538 7,923 10 6,044 686 1,192 -
Dec 20,147 11,069 3,720 7,349 9,078 460 6,173 1,008 1,437 -
1943                    
Jan 32,329 18,654 3,809 14,845 13,675 361 10,843 1,491 980 -
Feb 29,834 18,221 5,710 12,511 11,613 90 7,776 2,402 1,345 -
Mar 45,898 28,808 10,168 18,640 17,090 - 10,060 4,252 2,778 -
Apr 60,994 41,302 5,030 36,272 19,692 290 9,974 5,678 3,750 -
May 85,438 61,508 19,078 42,430 23,930 234 12,904 7,332 3,460 -
Jun 89,340 67,517 23,067 44,450 21,823 202 15,158 4,674 1,789 -
Jul 143,824 108,818 33,072 75,746 35,006 290 26,233 6,202 2,281 -
Aug 133,926 95,514 32,696 62,818 38,412 - 29,356 6,350 2,706 -
Sep 163,742 124,960 51,680 73,280 38,782 472 30,266 7,892 152 -
Oct 127,968 86,398 39,122 47,276 41,570 4 31,038 10,500 28 -
Nov 152,794 101,236 54,847 46,389 51,558 3,620 37,950 9,982 6 -
Dec 206,573 133,042 78,443 54,599 73,531 5,166 56,331 11,924 110 -
1944                    
Jan 231,487 174,419 80,731 93,688 57,068 5,668 44,741 6,659 - -
Feb 262,472 207,266 132,691 74,575 55,206 5,422 42,810 6,878 96 -
Mar 320,516 253,975 156,014 97,961 66,541 7,872 48,371 9,756 542 -
Apr 416,990 347,789 206,223 141,566 69,201 10,066 47,058 11,523 554 -
May 580,060 501,334 296,560 204,774 78,726 8,168 53,382 16,657 519 -
Jun 639,387 569,626 404,689 164,937 69,761 4,892 44,567 17,834 642 1,826
Jul 546,711 481,743 309,516 172,227 64,968 9,258 38,703 15,531 222 1,254
Aug 546,851 487,264 308,093 179,171 59,587 10,469 30,957 15,670 610 1,881
Sep 447,130 371,891 230,723 141,168 75,239 8,909 44,875 18,072 996 2,387
Oct 421,123 350,966 225,846 125,120 70,157 7,214 40,678 17,975 880 3,410
Nov 432,458 347,748 215,387 132,361 84,710 12,061 44,078 21,132 718 6,721
Dec 476,138 377,950 244,353 133,597 98,188 16,765 47,471 23,262 460 10,230
1945                    
Jan 374,532 269,850 204,112 65,738 104,682 15,247 53,403 24,359 574 11,099
Feb 577,077 466,373 296,769 169,604 110,704 15,093 58,487 21,947 536 14,641
Mar 774,850 630,126 439,159 190,967 144,724 11,533 72,666 25,460 932 34,133
Apr 642,186 504,140 291917 212,223 138,046 9,108 71,097 18,642 842 38,357
May 167,734 25,816 24,584 1,232 141,918 7,614 75,022 8,292 808 50,182
Jun 138,612 - - - 138,612 8,455 65,365 2,625 776 61,391
Jul 126,954 - - - 126,954 19,206 29,307 2,840 670 74,931
Aug 64,668 - - - 64,668 8,436 14,982 725 290 40,235