Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II
Table 140 -- Tons of Bombs Dropped Overseas, By Theater: Dec 1941 to Aug 1945
Year and Month Total Theaters vs Germany Theaters vs Japan
Total ETO MTO Total POA FEAF C & I-B Alaska Twentieth Air Force
Grand Total 2,057,244 1,554,463 971,762 582,701 502,781 32,733 232,496 62,161 4,331 171,060
Annually                    
1941(Dec) 36 - - - 36 - 36 - - -
1942 10,203 6,123 1,713 4,410 4,080 35 2,633 697 715 -
1943 198,800 154,117 55,655 98,462 44,683 1,309 29,705 10,841 2,828 -
1944 1,085,978 938,952 591,959 346,993 147,026 17,546 92,134 27,987 295 9,064
1945
(Jan-Aug)		 762,227 455,271 322,435 132,836 306,956 13,843 107,988 22,636 493 161,996
Monthly                    
1941                    
Dec 36 - - - 36 - 36 - - -
1942                    
Jan 20 - - - 20 - 20 - - -
Feb 47 - - - 47 - 37 10 - -
Mar 68 - - - 68 - 46 22 - -
Apr 128 - - - 128 - 95 28 5 -
May 184 - - - 184 - 122 57 5 -
Jun 410 115 - 115 295 18 139 93 45 -
Jul 656 357 - 357 299 - 155 66 78 -
Aug 958 549 135 414 409 - 250 48 111 -
Sep 1,156 697 215 482 459 - 279 63 117 -
Oct 1,669 1,105 334 771 564 - 386 67 111 -
Nov 2,559 1,807 612 1,195 762 - 547 98 107 -
Dec 2,348 1,493 417 1,076 855 17 557 145 135 -
1943                    
Jan 3,581 2,722 739 1,983 859 3 755 97 4 -
Feb 3,571 2,424 705 1,719 1,147 12 591 421 123 -
Mar 5,947 4,303 1,530 2,773 1,644 - 647 679 318 -
Apr 8,216 6,183 1,130 5,053 2,033 44 540 800 649 -
May 12,329 9,985 2,688 7,297 2,344 15 710 1,170 449 -
Jun 12,909 11,064 2,468 8,596 1,845 4 1,015 542 284 -
Jul 22,253 18,212 4,366 13,846 4,041 40 2,708 879 414 -
Aug 21,989 17,656 5,072 12,584 4,333 - 2,910 851 572 -
Sep 26,673 22,461 8,519 13,942 4,212 66 3,025 1,106 15 -
Oct 18,653 13,640 6,015 7,625 5,013 - 3,269 1,744 - -
Nov 23,710 17,789 8,309 9,480 5,921 337 4,354 1,230 - -
Dec 38,969 27,678 14,114 13,564 11,291 788 9,181 1,322 - -
1944                    
Jan 40,997 33,112 14,015 19,097 7,885 1,041 6,067 777 - -
Feb 44,073 34,161 22,566 11,595 9,912 1,127 7,802 983 - -
Mar 56,234 43,979 26,539 17,440 12,255 1,150 9,444 1,648 13 -
Apr 81,933 68,396 38,540 29,856 13,537 1,911 9,595 2,002 29 -
May 117,664 102,949 56,874 46,075 14,715 1,582 10,600 2,509 24 -
Jun 132,434 121,935 85,648 36,287 10,499 888 7,688 1,349 27 547
Jul 114,865 104,831 63,062 41,769 10,034 1,680 5,950 2,190 5 209
Aug 117,504 108,046 67,766 40,280 9,458 1,730 5,025 2,408 43 252
Sep 94,309 81,460 52,175 29,285 12,849 1,404 8,203 2,669 52 521
Oct 87,297 74,968 52,860 22,108 12,329 1,032 6,399 3,198 31 1,669
Nov 93,133 78,108 51,413 26,695 15,025 1,416 7,443 3,910 51 2,205
Dec 105,535 87,007 60,501 26,506 18,528 2,585 7,918 4,344 20 3,661
1945                    
Jan 88,348 69,013 54,474 14,539 19,335 2,494 8,323 5,079 29 3,410
Feb 136,928 113,009 80,348 32,661 23,919 2,158 12,543 5,165 33 4,020
Mar 200,211 159,123 118,003 41,120 41,088 1,244 19,184 5,330 47 15,283
Apr 157,614 113,607 69,242 44,365 44,007 1,152 20,976 4,339 48 17,492
May 47,699 519 368 151 47,180 996 20,355 1,446 98 24,285
Jun 50,893 - - - 50,893 603 17,075 568 105 32,542
Jul 53,665 - - - 53,665 3,359 6,577 547 91 43,091
Aug 26,869 - - - 26,869 1,837 2,955 162 42 21,873