Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 146 -- Tons of Bombs Dropped By Far East Air Forces, By Type of Airplane: Dec 1941 to Aug 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 232,496 219,591 12,905 139,915 136,878 3,037 51,440 49,427 2,013 41,141 33,286 7,855
Annually                        
1941
(Dec)		 36 36 - 36 36 - - - - - - -
1942 2,633 2,633 - 1,749 1,749 - 834 834 - 50 50 -
1943 29,705 29,481 224 21,580 21,365 215 8,034 8,025 9 91 91 -
1944 92,134 90,178 1,956 57,752 57,114 638 25,819 25,208 611 8,563 7,856 707
1945
(Jan-May)		 107,988 97,263 10,725 58,798 56,614 2,184 16,753 15,360 1,393 32,437 25,289 7,148
Monthly                        
1941                        
Dec 36 36 - 36 36 - - - - - - -
1942                        
Jan 20 20 - 20 20 - - - - - - -
Feb 37 37 - 33 33 - - - - 4 4 -
Mar 46 46 - 33 33 - 9 9 - 4 4 -
Apr 95 95 - 39 39 - 53 53 - 3 3 -
May 122 122 - 46 46 - 73 73 - 3 3 -
Jun 139 139 - 53 53 - 82 82 - 4 4 -
Jul 155 155 - 63 63 - 89 89 - 3 3 -
Aug 250 250 - 152 152 - 95 95 - 3 3 -
Sep 279 279 - 153 153 - 121 121 - 5 5 -
Oct 386 386 - 249 249 - 131 131 - 6 6 -
Nov 547 547 - 438 438 - 102 102 - 7 7 -
Dec 557 557 - 470 470 - 79 79 - 8 8 -
1943                        
Jan 755 754 1 488 487 1 254 254 - 13 13 -
Feb 591 579 12 494 482 12 96 96 - 1 1 -
Mar 647 641 6 558 552 6 86 86 - 3 3 -
Apr 540 533 7 477 470 7 63 63 - - - -
May 710 683 27 596 569 27 114 114 - - - -
Jun 1,015 984 31 857 827 30 158 157 1 - - -
Jul 2,708 2,675 33 1,762 1,736 26 946 939 7 - - -
Aug 2,910 2,888 22 2,300 2,278 22 609 609 - 1 1 -
Sep 3,025 3,009 16 2,267 2,251 16 749 749 - 9 9 -
Oct 3,269 3,255 14 2,578 2,564 14 685 685 - 6 6 -
Nov 4,354 4,348 6 3,063 3,057 6 1,280 1,280 - 11 11 -
Dec 9,181 9,132 49 6,140 6,092 48 2,994 2,993 1 47 47 -
1944                        
Jan 6,067 6,007 60 3,835 3,810 25 2,195 2,160 35 37 37 -
Feb 7,802 7,774 28 5,534 5,506 28 2,177 2,177 - 91 91 -
Mar 9,444 9,175 269 6,120 6,047 73 2,959 2,806 153 365 322 43
Apr 9,595 9,277 318 5,706 5,592 114 3,288 3,188 100 601 497 104
May 10,600 10,413 187 5,802 5,786 16 3,572 3,567 5 1,226 1,060 166
Jun 7,688 7,605 83 3,985 3,951 34 2,762 2,762 - 941 892 49
Jul 5,950 5,862 88 3,995 3,977 18 1,514 1,444 70 441 441 -
Aug 5,025 4,980 45 3,423 3,379 44 812 811 1 790 790 -
Sep 8,203 8,076 127 5,676 5,556 120 1,573 1,566 7 954 954 -
Oct 6,399 6,249 150 3,351 3,279 72 1,840 1,771 69 1,208 1,199 9
Nov 7,443 7,150 293 5,085 5,002 83 1,601 1,536 65 757 612 145
Dec 7,918 7,610 308 5,240 5,229 11 1,526 1,420 106 1,152 961 191
1945                        
Jan 8,323 7,851 472 5,275 5,197 78 2,074 1,816 258 974 838 136
Feb 12,543 11,755 788 8,319 8,116 203 2,168 2,093 75 2,056 1,546 510
Mar 19,184 18,265 919 11,925 11,661 264 2,722 2,633 89 4,537 3,971 566
Apr 20,976 19,991 985 10,296 10,052 244 2,691 2,604 87 7,989 7,335 654
May 20,355 17,182 3,173 9,429 8,705 724 3,543 3,362 181 7,383 5,115 2,268
Jun 17,075 14,846 2,229 8,614 8,335 279 1,924 1,591 333 6,537 4,920 1,617
Jul 6,577 5,240 1,337 3,524 3,377 147 745 711 34 2,308 1,152 1,156
Aug 2,944 2,133 822 1,416 1,171 245 886 550 336 653 412 241