Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 13 -- Military Personnel in Continental US, By Function and by Type of Personnel: Jun 1944 to Aug 1945
End of Month Total Individuals In Units
Bulk Allotment Field Students Combat Crew Personnel Students and Recruits Returning Personnel Other a Permanent Party Committed Other b
  T  O  T  A  L
1944                    
Jun 1,334,958 791,740 - 79,620 274,483 - 61,684 35,234 73,1300 19,067
Jul 1,342,025 775,042 15,531 79,917 268,574 - 75,278 34,471 73,555 19,557
Aug 1,320,980 782,079 13,159 83,890 251,574 - 69,227 23,807 76,350 20,894
Sep 1,313,143 784,388 9,639 90,389 228,681 - 78,505 22,246 84,463 14,832
Oct 1,261,050 746,905 9,193 92,900 221,787 - 75,449 17,827 76,700 20,289
Nov 1,231,978 737,042 10,612 91,784 213,983 26,788 44,811 16,133 76,733 14,092
Dec 1,195,320 715,403 12,099 93,550 200,731 30,078 40,104 14,643 69,617 19,095
1945                    
Jan 1,165,349 709,643 13,896 89,300 176,071 31,638 38,124 11,403 75,242 19,032
Feb 1,138,146 697,512 11,549 87,477 163,150 31,894 46,969 10,654 73,462 15,479
Mar 1,108,705 699,235 11,093 85,108 166,096 30,309 30,422 10,560 66,593 9,289
Apr 1,105,528 702,877 6,039 87,500 171,175 32,053 25,186 11,542 55,220 13,936
May 1,101,932 714,682 5,910 57,348 176,977 41,696 23,392 11,553 49,703 20,671
Jun 1,153,373 682,805 7,237 52,251 203,272 54,694 32,867 11,288 55,753 53,196
Jul 1,185,712 677,903 6,065 54,251 221,655 45,940 37,167 11,761 51,662 79,308
Aug 1,253,573 651,168 273 50,201 230,278 120,011 50,641 10,733 34,809 105,459
  O  F  F  I  C  E  R  S
1944                    
Jun 205,156 131,894 - 34,036 15,794 - 8,445 5,581 7,569 1,837
Jul 207,447 132,875 292 35,755 14,489 - 8,710 5,280 8,261 1,785
Aug 212,650 136,032 345 37,179 14,772 - 11,277 2,492 8,681 1,872
Sep 220,526 136,236 693 41,383 15,147 - 13,681 2,166 9,610 1,610
Oct 214,948 129,598 311 41,258 14,989 - 16,853 1,739 7,547 2,653
Nov 217,471 130,318 627 41,881 17,164 8,038 8,125 1,687 7,857 1,774
Dec 222,428 128,831 662 40,974 21,883 9,910 8,330 1,739 8,044 2,055
1945                    
Jan 221,180 127,492 578 40,852 19,551 11,096 9,640 1,283 8,586 2,102
Feb 223,985 129,033 530 40,775 22,495 10,284 9,525 1,263 8,191 1,889
Mar 220,424 127,460 467 40,444 26,840 9,511 6,092 1,162 7,189 1,259
Apr 224,392 127,203 89 43,244 30,114 10,450 4,103 1,241 6,409 1,539
May 225,537 145,404 80 29,897 25,231 12,636 2,901 1,131 6,037 2,220
Jun 239,561 128,244 28 28,292 42,267 20,328 5,006 1,155 7,628 6,613
Jul 238,771 127,176 - 30,135 40,694 15,613 5,660 1,336 6,856 11,301
Aug 245,511 123,423 84 28,496 42,85 27,348 5,254 1,127 3,849 13,055
  E  N  L  I  S  T  E  D     P  E  R  S  O  N  N  E  L
1944                    
Jun 1,129,802 659,846 - 45,584 258,689 - 53,239 29,653 65,561 17,230
Jul 1,134,578 642,167 15,239 44,162 254,085 - 66,568 29,291 65,294 17,772
Aug 1,108,330 646,047 12,814 46,711 236,802 - 57,950 21,315 67,669 19,022
Sep 1,092,617 648,152 8,946 49,006 213,534 - 64,824 20,080 74,853 13,222
Oct 1,046,102 617,307 8,882 51,642 206,798 - 58,596 16,088 69,153 17,636
Nov 1,014,507 606,724 9,985 49,903 196,819 18,750 36,686 14,446 68,876 12,318
Dec 972,892 586,572 11,437 52,576 178,848 20,168 31,774 12,904 61,573 17,040
1945                    
Jan 944,169 582,151 13,318 48,448 156,520 21,542 28,484 10,120 66,656 16,930
Feb 914,161 568,479 11,019 46,702 140,655 21,610 37,444 9,391 65,271 13,590
Mar 888,281 571,775 10,626 44,664 139,256 20,798 24,330 9,398 59,404 8,030
Apr 881,136 575,674 5,950 44,256 141,061 21,603 21,083 10,301 48,811 12,397
May 876,395 569,278 5,830 27,451 151,746 29,060 20,491 10,422 43,666 18,451
Jun 913,812 554,361 7,209 23,959 161,005 34,366 27,861 10,133 48,135 46,583
Jul 946,941 550,727 6,065 24,116 180,961 30,327 31,507 10,425 44,806 68,007
Aug 1,008,062 527,745 189 21,705 187,403 92,663 45,387 9,606 30,960 92,404

 a  Includes unassigned casual and pool personnel and personnel in overseas replacement depots awaiting shipment

 b  Includes all non-permanent party units not committed for overseas shipment, strategic reserve units, redeployed units, and units awaiting inactiviation or disbandment