Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

  
Table 129 -- Combat Sorties Flown by Fighters in Theaters vs Japan, By Theater and by Type of Sortie: Jan 1943 to Aug 1945
Year and Month Total Escort Bombing and Strafing Reconnaissance Other a Total Escort Bombing and Strafing Reconnaissance Other a Total Escort Bombing and Strafing Reconnaissance Other a Year and Month Total Escort Bombing and Strafing Reconnaissance Other a Total Escort Bombing and Strafing Reconnaissance Other a
  Pacific Ocean Areas Far East Air Forces China & India-Burma Alaska Twentieth Air Force
Grand Total 39,011 3,960 9,869 332 24,850 261,692 76,227 80,771 4,972 99,722 111,658 9,376 60,985 3,551 37,746 Grand Total 2,702 41 1,675 888 98 7,421 1,097 1,678 924 3,722
Annually Annually - - - - -
1943 361 130 139 28 64 77,309 38,686 2,192 3,312 33,119 14,895 2,826 4,498 1,529 6,042 1943 2,615 6 1,675 888 46 - - - - -
1944 15,660 560 4,707 - 10,393 100,998 24,600 29,602 - 46,796 61,837 4,673 33,606 - 23,558 1944 87 35 - - 62 - - - - -
1945
 (Jan-Aug)		 22,990 3,270 5,023 304 14,393 83,385 12,941 48,977 1,660 19,807 34,926 1,877 22,881 2,022 8,146 1945
 (Jan-Aug)		 - - - - - - - - - -
Monthly                     Monthly
1943                     1943 - - - - -
Jan 1 - - - 1 3,323 2,489 119 52 663 331 161 78 15 77 Jan 110 - 105 5 - - - - - -
Feb - - - - - 2,099 1,697 4 27 371 580 197 168 37 178 Feb 159 - 96 63 - - - - - -
Mar - - - - - 3,443 2,292 39 95 1,017 790 222 231 134 203 Mar 344 - 260 84 - - - - - -
Apr - - - - - 4,353 1,918 103 398 1,934 882 121 281 148 332 Apr 774 - 387 437 - - - - - -
May 4 - 4 - - 4,490 1,667 78 672 2,073 944 58 299 231 356 May 392 - 263 129 - - - - - -
Jun 2 - 2 - - 4,540 2,545 55 539 1,401 372 70 181 77 44 Jun 199 - 88 111 - - - - - -
Jul - - - - - 6,204 3,835 20 291 2,058 750 129 292 127 202 Jul 259 - 218 23 18 - - - - -
Aug - - - - - 8,933 6,965 81 288 1,599 538 129 111 74 224 Aug 344 - 308 36 - - - - - -
Sep 2 - - - 2 10,277 6,398 176 677 3,026 848 153 211 77 407 Sep - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 4 - - - 4 9,434 3,714 202 159 5,359 1,660 284 532 176 668 Oct 28 - - - 28 - - - - -
Nov - - - - - 9,353 2,477 363 27 6,486 3,152 588 1,140 93 1,331 Nov 6 6 - - - - - - - -
Dec 348 130 133 28 57 10,860 2,689 952 87 7,132 4,048 714 974 340 2,020 Dec - - - - - - - - - -
1944                     1944
Jan 800 182 365 - 253 12,617 3,456 677 - 8,484 2,461 598 797 - 1,266 Jan - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 514 24 338 - 152 10,883 3,600 624 - 6,659 3,108 178 1,227 - 1,703 Feb 16 16 - - - - - - - -
Mar 162 - 162 - - 9,637 3,570 1,661 - 4,406 4,478 317 2,200 - 1,961 Mar - - - - - - - - - -
Apr - - - - - 7,568 2,413 2,344 - 2,811 3,943 131 2,440 - 1,372 Apr - - - - - - - - - -
May - - - - - 8,855 859 4,892 - 3,104 5,075 453 2,363 - 2,259 May 35 11 - - 24 - - - - -
Jun 416 10 294 - 112 8,473 1,277 3,218 - 3,978 4,032 440 2,234 - 1,358 Jun 20 4 - - 16 - - - - -
Jul 3,430 4 1,803 - 1,623 5,763 1,276 1,760 - 2,727 5,867 353 3,549 - 1,965 Jul 12 - - - 12 - - - - -
Aug 2,325 24 726 - 1,575 6,180 1,392 2,892 - 1,896 5,952 378 3,816 - 1,758 Aug 4 4 - - - - - - - -
Sep 1,575 - 442 - 1,133 6,950 1,750 3,531 - 1,669 5,240 300 2,946 - 1,994 Sep - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1,492 20 281 - 1,191 6,603 1,004 3,699 - 1,900 6,907 495 3,911 - 2,501 Oct - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 1,831 58 278 - 1,495 8,200 1,910 1,659 - 4,631 7,086 534 4,316 - 2,236 Nov - - - - - - - - - -
Dec 3,115 238 18 - 2,859 9,269 2,093 2,645 - 4,531 7,688 496 4,007 - 3,185 Dec - - - - - - - - - -
1945                               1945                    
Jan 2,217 83 33 84 2,017 10,689 2,542 2,145 413 5,589 7,817 432 4,831 177 2,377 Jan - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 1,673 75 28 96 1,474 10,618 2,193 3,177 257 4,991 7,643 222 5,384 202 1,835 Feb - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 3,463 6 531 56 2,870 12,963 2,284 6,926 268 3,485 8,008 597 4,547 413 2,341 Mar - - - - - - - - - -
Apr 2,438 550 474 9 1,405 14,890 1,782 11,355 155 1,598 5,732 279 4,214 449 790 Apr - - - - - - - - - -
May 2,474 279 584 20 1,591 13,233 514 11,223 219 1,277 1,984 165 951 180 688 May - - - - - - - - - -
Jun 6,325 1,271 1,619 31 3,404 12,181 962 9,455 304 1,460 1,481 100 1,137 236 8 Jun - - - - - - - - - -
Jul 4,400 1,006 1,754 8 1,632 6,232 1,760 3,398 34 1,040 1,794 72 1,321 304 97 Jul - - - - - 3,827 531 851 891 1,554
Aug - - - - - 2,579 904 1,298 10 367 467 10 386 61 10 Aug - - - - - 3,594 566 827 33 2,168

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