Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 147 -- Tons of Bombs Dropped in China & India-Burma, By Type of Airplane: Feb 1942 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 62,161 57,242 4,919 18,758 17,057 1,701 24,723 23,232 1,491 18,680 16,953 1,727
Annually                        
1942
(Feb-Dec)		 697 697 - 320 320 - 356 356 - 21 21 -
1943 10,841 10,572 269 5,346 5,179 167 4,773 4,683 90 722 710 12
1944 27,987 26,054 1,933 6,193 5,588 605 12,235 11,362 873 9,559 9,104 455
1945
(Jan-May)		 22,636 19,919 2,717 6,899 5,970 929 7,359 6,831 528 8,378 7,118 1,260
Monthly                        
1942                        
Feb 10 10 - 10 10 - - - - - - -
Mar 22 22 - 18 18 - 4 4 - - - -
Apr 28 28 - 24 24 - 4 4 - - - -
May 57 57 - 36 36 - 21 21 - - - -
Jun 93 93 - 40 40 - 53 53 - - - -
Jul 66 66 - 27 27 - 39 39 - - - -
Aug 48 48 - 16 16 - 32 32 - - - -
Sep 63 63 - 16 16 - 43 43 - 4 4 -
Oct 67 67 - 27 27 - 36 36 - 4 4 -
Nov 98 98 - 47 47 - 46 46 - 5 5 -
Dec 145 145 - 59 59 - 78 78 - 8 8 -
1943                        
Jan 97 97 - - - - 96 96 - 1 1 -
Feb 421 421 - 306 306 - 92 92 - 23 23 -
Mar 679 679 - 349 349 - 292 292 - 38 38 -
Apr 800 800 - 341 341 - 428 428 - 31 31 -
May 1,170 1,168 2 721 720 1 409 408 1 40 40 -
Jun 542 542 - 167 1677 - 361 361 - 14 14 -
Jul 870 878 1 413 412 1 409 409 - 57 57 -
Aug 851 850 1 335 335 - 494 493 1 22 22 -
Sep 1,106 1,105 1 454 454 - 615 614 1 37 37 -
Oct 1,744 1,695 49 879 879 - 741 695 46 124 121 3
Nov 1,230 1,150 80 716 654 62 328 314 14 186 182 4
Dec 1,322 1,187 135 665 562 103 508 481 27 149 144 5
1944                        
Jan 777 660 117 395 310 85 202 176 26 180 174 6
Feb 893 927 56 355 302 53 251 251 - 377 374 3
Mar 1,648 1,549 99 569 525 44 373 319 54 706 705 1
Apr 2,002 1,897 105 408 400 8 645 551 94 949 946 3
May 2,509 2,342 167 621 609 12 1,140 985 155 748 748 -
Jun 1,349 1,324 25 377 363 14 449 439 10 523 522 1
Jul 2,190 2,077 113 409 328 81 1,069 1,049 20 712 700 12
Aug 2,408 2,287 121 334 317 17 11,230 1,187 43 844 783 61
Sep 2,669 2,389 280 566 471 95 1,452 1,296 156 651 622 29
Oct 3,198 3,034 164 431 411 20 1,764 1,694 50 1,003 929 74
Nov 3,910 3,722 188 815 777 38 1,702 1,628 74 1,393 1,317 76
Dec 4,344 3,846 498 913 775 138 1,958 1,787 171 1,473 1,264 189
1945                        
Jan 5,079 4,736 343 1,214 1,110 104 1,955 1,921 45 1,899 1,705 194
Feb 5,165 4,485 680 1,517 1,392 125 1,538 1,363 175 2,110 1,730 380
Mar 5,330 4,706 624 1,860 1,581 279 1,723 1,645 58 1,747 1,480 267
Apr 4,339 3,652 687 1,741 1,376 365 1,117 1,026 91 1,481 1,250 231
May 1,446 1,217 229 556 500 56 644 544 100 246 173 73
Jun 568 444 124 8 8 - 201 162 39 359 274 85
Jul 547 521 26 3 3 - 127 127 - 417 391 26
Aug 162 158 4 - - - 43 43 - 119 115 4