Army Air Forces in World War II

Table 138 -- Number of Bombs Dropped in Theaters vs Germany, By Type of Bomb: 1943 to Aug 1945

Type of Bomb	Total	1943	1944	1945 (Jan-Aug)

High Explosive- Total	6,284,271	508,830	3,906,831	1,868,610
4,500 lb	158	-	-	158
2,000	48,575	2,322	32,104	14,149
1,000	564,969	36,548	350,755	177,666
600	712	712	-	-
550 (Russian)	1,645	-	1,645	-
500	3,089,916	296,093	1,865,398	928,425
350	12	-	-	12
250	1,055,289	108,464	711,293	235,532
160	79	79	-	-
100	1,520,209	61,906	945,636	512,668
40	2,707	2,707	-	-

Individual Fragmentation - Total	206,179	5,435	118,941	81,803
260 lb	198,758	-	116,955	81,803
90	1,696	-	1,696	-
85	290	-	290	-
30	5,435	5,435	-	-

Fragmentation Cluster - Total	768,929	127,383	433,130	208,416
540 lb	3,976	-	306	3,670
480-400	2,884	-	991	1,893
360	3,279	-	4	3,275
180	7	5	2	-
120	756,304	127,378	429667	199,259
96	500	-	200	300
69 (Parachute)	1,979	-	1,960	19

Individual Incendiary - Total	868,972	159,100	644,249	65,623
500 lb	33,905	2,546	12,578	18,781
360	91	-	-	91
250	93	-	-	93
250 (British)	11,612	9,410	2,202	-
200 (British)	350	350	-	-
100	806,394	145,519	625,994	34,881
100 (White Phosphorous)	15,259	7	3,475	11,777
67	756	756	-	-
4	512	512	-	-

Incendiary Cluster - Total	270,713	1,083	160,780	108,850
512 lb	1,283	-	1,283	-
500	695	335	360	-
480	838	-	475	363
440	267,023	-	158,536	108,487
136	874	748	126	-

Class C-Fire -Total	12,200	-	4,720	7,480
165-150	1,426	-	727	699
110-100	6,793	-	3,271	3,522
75	3,971	-	722	3,249
50	10	-	-	10

Armor Piercing - Total	1,126	-	1,122	4
1,600 lb	1,122	-	1,122	-
500	4	-	-	4

Semi-Armor Piercing - Total	47,135	-	32,567	14,568
1,000 lb	16,220	-	11,633	4,587
500	30,915	-	20,934	9,981