Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II
Table 149 -- Rounds of Ammunition Expended Overseas, By Theater: Jan 1942 to Aug 1945

(In thousands of rounds)

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 459,750 288,670 197,278 91,392 171,080 11,383 109,963 36,396 1,938 11,400
Annually                    
1942 4,996 3,175 1,715 1,460 1,821 42 1,321 174 284 -
1943 65,888 46,737 28,600 18,137 19,151 694 13,692 3,469 1,296 -
1944 225,410 157,151 105,272 51,879 68,259 6,025 42,035 18,031 107 2,061
1945
(Jan-Aug)		 163,456 81,607 61,691 19,916 81,849 4,622 52,915 14,722 251 9,339
Monthly                    
1942                    
Jan 13 - - - 13 - 13 - - -
Feb 44 - - - 44 - 43 1 - -
Mar 84 - - - 84 - 77 4 3 -
Apr 117 - - - 117 - 107 6 4 -
May 125 - - - 125 2 114 7 2 -
Jun 200 34 - 34 166 19 114 19 14 -
Jul 226 81 - 81 145 - 109 13 23 -
Aug 396 225 132 93 171 - 120 14 37 -
Sep 561 360 220 140 201 - 140 21 40 -
Oct 825 593 341 252 232 - 159 25 48 -
Nov 1,303 1,060 608 452 243 3 163 27 50 -
Dec 1,102 822 414 408 280 18 162 37 63 -
1943                    
Jan 1,702 1,254 475 779 448 7 352 20 69 -
Feb 1,795 1,304 565 739 491 - 294 117 80 -
Mar 2,451 1,683 887 796 768 - 390 192 186 -
Apr 3,355 2,429 983 1,446 926 15 456 141 314 -
May 5,229 4,401 2,662 1,739 828 18 393 196 221 -
Jun 5,057 4,348 2,434 1,914 709 - 447 157 105 -
Jul 7,749 6,313 4,591 1,722 1,436 19 1,095 193 129 -
Aug 6,780 5,197 3,189 2,008 1,583 - 1,172 253 158 -
Sep 6,673 4,576 2,628 1,948 2,097 24 1,795 251 27 -
Oct 8,370 6,265 4,586 1,679 2,105 1 1,660 441 3 -
Nov 6,842 3,960 2,440 1,520 2,882 248 1,927 706 2 -
Dec 9,885 5,007 3,160 1,847 4,878 362 3,711 803 2 -
1944                    
Jan 10,733 6,733 3,804 2,929 4,000 506 3,134 360 - -
Feb 11,494 8,097 5,484 2,613 3,397 254 2,618 525 - -
Mar 12,888 8,472 5,816 2,656 4,416 77 3,514 825 - -
Apr 20,151 14,548 9,289 5,259 5,603 124 4,338 1,141 - -
May 25,220 16,645 10,394 6,251 8,575 199 7,176 1,187 13 -
Jun 23,581 17,609 12,448 5,161 5,972 436 4,075 1,276 - 185
Jul 19,488 13,307 8,310 4,997 6,181 1,766 2,560 1,770 - 85
Aug 24,955 19,276 14,041 5,235 5,679 964 2,257 2,114 9 335
Sep 20,446 16,003 11,609 4,394 4,443 486 2,373 1,446 10 128
Oct 16,207 10,199 6,542 3,657 6,008 438 3,120 2,327 21 102
Nov 17,644 11,230 7,316 3,914 6,414 409 2,901 2,659 35 410
Dec 22,603 15,032 10,219 4,813 7,571 366 3,969 2,401 19 816
1945                    
Jan 22,665 12,479 8,219 4,260 10,186 420 5,965 2,806 30 965
Feb 29,017 17,900 13,713 4,187 11,117 395 6,666 3,206 16 834
Mar 37,656 26,466 21,562 4,904 11,190 368 7,975 2,510 17 320
Apr 37,643 24,341 17,874 6,467 13,302 449 8,767 2,422 19 1,645
May 14,273 421 323 98 13,852 517 10,456 1,485 67 1,327
Jun 10,560 - - - 10,560 802 7,284 902 59 1,513
Jul 7,134 - - - 7,134 1,215 3,336 1,115 38 1,430
Aug 4,508 - - - 4,508 456 2,466 276 5 1,305