Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II
Table 128 -- Combat Sorties Flown by Fighters in Theaters vs Germany, By Theater and by Type of Sortie: Jan 1943 to May 1945
Year and Month Total Escort Bombing and Strafing Reconnaissance Other a Total Escort Bombing and Strafing Reconnaissance Other a
  European Theater of Operations Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Grand Total 569,097 283,902 167,028 18,216 99,951 354,532 116,632 151,953 4,693 81,254
Annually
1943 27,260 15,536 194 67 11,463 112,193 36,975 34,054 3,112 38,052
1944 365,284 207,532 79,590 - 78,162 183,528 65,348 76,486 - 41,694
1945
 (Jan-May)		 176,553 60,834 87,244 18,149 10,326 58,811 14,309 41,433 1,581 1,508
1943                    
Jan 429 - - - 429 2,700 1,352 286 186 876
Feb 450 - - - 450 2,021 1,093 350 312 266
Mar 608 - - - 608 4,509 2,238 505 68 1,698
Apr 540 8 - 8 524 8,973 3,433 2,063 388 3,089
May 2,220 384 - - 1,836 8,289 2,889 2,393 204 2,803
Jun 1,997 169 - - 1,828 8,527 3,769 1,770 94 2,894
Jul 2,286 607 - - 1,679 16,344 6,232 3,916 353 5,843
Aug 2,264 1,578 - - 686 14,671 4,486 4,011 521 5,653
Sep 3,424 2,167 - - 1,257 12,321 2,493 4,491 210 5,127
Oct 3,396 2,890 - - 506 8,860 2,241 3,951 151 2,517
Nov 3,905 2,638 105 2 1,160 10,713 3,036 4,161 334 3,182
Dec 5,741 5,095 89 57 500 14,265 3,713 6,157 291 4,104
1944                    
Jan 7,167 6,080 201 - 886 19,339 4,526 6,359 - 8,454
Feb 10,679 10,295 83 - 301 12,522 2,628 4,014 - 5,880
Mar 16,261 14,659 887 - 715 14,661 4,487 4,037 - 6,137
Apr 21,554 14,072 3,803 - 3,679 16,310 6,050 6,844 - 3,416
May 36,210 26,091 6,405 - 3,714 21,079 6,746 11,759 - 2,574
Jun 55,460 27,970 11,320 - 16,170 16,766 5,862 8,232 - 2,672
Jul 42,953 20,577 9,098 - 13,278 16,050 8,235 5,223 - 2,592
Aug 45,827 23,793 4,524 - 17,510 18,972 7,887 6,461 - 4,624
Sep 33,685 13,531 11,056 - 9,098 11,301 4,513 4,164 - 2,624
Oct 29,881 15,659 11,731 - 2,491 9,563 4,003 4,583 - 977
Nov 30,120 19,082 7,542 - 3,496 11,985 4,270 6,822 - 893
Dec 35,487 15,723 12,940 - 6,824 14,980 6,141 7,988 - 851
1945                    
Jan 26,418 10,898 9,878 4,473 1,169 9,965 2,311 7,402 1 251
Feb 36,226 13,261 13,906 8,410 649 13,906 6,658 6,868 - 380
Mar 62,842 19,853 37,311 452 5,226 15,498 - 15,062 4 432
Apr 48,056 16,654 25,420 4,452 1,530 18,897 5,340 11,749 1,400 408
May 3,011 168 729 362 1,752 545 - 332 176 37

 a Includes patrol, interception, sweep and non-search sorties.