Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 130 -- Non-Effective Combat Sorties flown in European Theater of Operations, By Type of Airplane and by cause: 3rd Quarter 1942 to 2nd Quarter 1945
Type of Airplane and Cause Grand Total 1942 1943 1944 1945
3rd Qtr
(Aug-Sep)		 4th
Qtr		 1st
Qtr		 2nd
Qtr		 3rd
Qtr		 4th
Qtr		 1st
Qtr		 2nd
Qtr		 3rd
Qtr		 4th
Qtr		 1st
Qtr		 2nd
Qtr
All Types                          
Total 135,294 142 607 510 1,399 4,336 7,521 13,018 35,289 28,258 19,107 17,960 7,147
Weather 57,373 48 235 192 395 1,416 3,088 4,363 17,074 14,248 8,721 3,946 3,647
Mechanical 36,654 36 131 140 360 1,159 1,964 3,686 8,742 7,322 5,429 6,084 1,601
Other 41,267 58 241 178 644 1,761 2,469 4,969 9,473 6,688 4,957 7,930 1,899
                           
Heavy Bomber                          
Total 57,983 122 577 464 1,140 2,303 3,326 6,529 16,581 11,707 5,610 7,268 2,356
Weather 26,930 44 229 184 358 433 1,826 2,645 9,345 6,798 2,702 982 1,384
Mechanical 11,839 26 116 113 256 660 876 1,550 2,604 2,247 1,594 1,574 223
Other 19,214 52 232 167 526 1,210 624 2,334 4,632 2,662 1,314 4,712 749
                           
Medium & Light Bomber                          
Total 34,528 - - - - 1,196 2,578 3,162 8,308 6,815 6,254 4,481 1,734
Weather 19,289 - - - - 883 1,065 1,439 5,345 4,371 3,821 1,412 953
Mechanical 3,564 - - - - 119 154 282 748 462 363 1,187 249
Other 11,675 - - - - 194 1,359 1,441 2,215 1,982 2,070 1,882 532
                           
Fighter                          
Total 42,783 20 30 46 259 837 1,617 3,327 10,400 9,736 7,243 6,211 3,057
Weather 11,154 4 6 8 37 100 197 279 2,384 3,079 2,198 1,552 1,310
Mechanical 21,251 10 15 27 104 380 934 1,854 5,390 4,613 3,472 3,323 1,129
Other 10,378 6 9 11 118 357 486 1,194 2,626 2,044 1,573 1,336 618