Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 143 -- Tons of Bombs Dropped in European Theater of Operations, By Type of Airplane: Aug 1942 to May 1945
Year and Month All Types Heavy Bomber Medium & Light Bomber Fighter
Total High Explosive Incendiary Total High Explosive Incendiary Total High Explosive Incendiary Total High Explosive Incendiary
Grand Total 971,762 872,606 99,156 714,719 624,141 90,578 164,187 159,858 4,329 92,856 88,607 4,249
Annually                        
1942
(Aug-Dec)		 1,713 1,713 - 1,713 1,713 - - - - - - -
1943 55,655 48,656 6,999 47,452 40,479 6,973 8,179 8,153 26 24 24 -
1944 391,959 533,965 57,994 446,165 389,099 57,066 93,623 93,272 351 52,171 51,594 577
1945
(Jan-May)		 322,435 288,272 34,163 219,389 192,850 26,539 62,385 58,433 3,952 40,661 36,989 3,672
Monthly                        
1942                        
Aug 135 135 - 135 135 - - - - - - -
Sep 215 215 - 215 215 - - - - - - -
Oct 334 334 - 334 334 - - - - - - -
Nov 612 612 - 612 612 - - - - - - -
Dec 417 417 - 417 417 - - - - - - -
1943                        
Jan 739 739 - 739 739 - - - - - - -
Feb 705 705 - 705 705 - - - - - - -
Mar 1,530 1,530 - 1,530 1,530 - - - - - - -
Apr 1,130 1,130 - 1,130 1,130 - - - - - - -
May 2,688 2,665 23 2,677 2,654 23 11 11 - - - -
Jun 2,468 2,468 - 2,468 2,468 - - - - - - -
Jul 4,366 3,762 604 4,103 3,504 599 263 258 5 - - -
Aug 5,072 4,737 335 3,779 3,453 326 1,293 1,284 9 - - -
Sep 8,519 8,279 240 5,743 5,515 228 2,776 2,764 12 - - -
Oct 6,015 5,172 843 5,133 4,290 843 882 882 - - - -
Nov 8,309 6,513 1,796 6868 5,072 1,796 1,424 1,424 - 17 17 -
Dec 14,114 10,956 3,158 12,577 9,419 3,158 1,530 1,530 - 7 7 -
1944                        
Jan 14,015 11,259 2,746 12,397 9,651 2,746 1,579 1,579 - 39 39 -
Feb 22,566 20,090 2,476 19,146 16,670 2,476 3,397 3,397 - 23 23 -
Mar 26,539 21,486 5,053 21,346 16,357 4,989 5,062 4,998 64 131 131 -
Apr 38,540 33,690 4,850 27,576 22,829 4,747 9,475 9,372 103 1,489 1,489 -
May 56,874 51,927 4,947 38,029 33,123 4,906 15,156 15,120 36 3,689 3,684 5
Jun 85,648 84,394 1,254 59,625 58,396 1,229 15,701 15,677 24 10,322 10,321 1
Jul 63,062 55,923 7,139 46,605 39,483 7,122 9,883 9,873 10 6,574 6,567 7
Aug 67,766 62,356 6,410 49,305 43,987 5,318 10,716 10,648 68 7,745 7,721 24
Sep 52,175 44,864 7,311 42,162 34,852 7,310 5,712 5,712 - 4,301 4,300 1
Oct 52,860 41,035 11,825 45,087 33,360 11,727 3,101 3,101 - 4,672 4,574 98
Nov 51,413 50,665 748 41,818 41,210 608 5,436 5,436 - 4,159 4,019 140
Dec 60,501 56,266 4,235 43,069 39,181 3,888 8,405 8,359 46 9,027 8,726 301
1945                        
Jan 54,474 51,417 3,057 42,113 39,382 2,731 5,108 5,094 14 7,253 6,943 312
Feb 80,348 72,063 8,285 55,000 47,554 7,446 13,888 13,554 334 11,460 10,955 505
Mar 118,003 102,616 15,387 75,323 64,323 11,000 27,408 24,956 2,452 15,272 13,337 1,935
Apr 69,242 61,808 7,434 46,953 41,591 5,362 15,680 14,528 1,152 6,609 5,689 920
May 368 368 - - - - 301 301 - 67 67 -