Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II
Table 158 -- Airplane Losses on Combat Missions, By Theater: Jan 1942 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 | 22,948 | 18,418 | 11,687 | 6,731 | 4,530 | 378 | 2,494 | 1,076 | 88 | 494 |
| Annually | ||||||||||
| 1942 | 482 | 141 | 55 | 86 | 341 | 13 | 276 | 35 | 17 | - |
| 1943 | 3,847 | 3,028 | 1,261 | 1,767 | 819 | 25 | 539 | 217 | 38 | - |
| 1944 | 13,289 | 11,618 | 7,749 | 3,869 | 1,671 | 116 | 910 | 532 | 18 | 95 |
| 1945 (Jan-Aug) |
5,330 | 3,631 | 2,622 | 1,009 | 1,699 | 224 | 769 | 292 | 15 | 399 |
| Monthly | ||||||||||
| 1942 | ||||||||||
| Jan | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | - |
| Feb | 46 | - | - | - | 46 | - | 46 | - | - | - |
| Mar | 12 | - | - | - | 12 | - | 12 | - | - | - |
| Apr | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| May | 50 | - | - | - | 50 | - | 49 | 1 | - | - |
| Jun | 52 | 5 | - | 5 | 47 | 7 | 32 | 6 | 2 | - |
| Jul | 28 | 3 | - | 3 | 25 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 3 | - |
| Aug | 42 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 28 | - | 24 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Sep | 38 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 30 | - | 25 | 1 | 4 | - |
| Oct | 33 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | - |
| Nov | 92 | 35 | 17 | 18 | 57 | 2 | 44 | 11 | - | - |
| Dec | 80 | 59 | 17 | 42 | 21 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | - |
| 1943 | ||||||||||
| Jan | 160 | 133 | 21 | 112 | 27 | - | 23 | 1 | 3 | - |
| Feb | 135 | 110 | 24 | 86 | 25 | - | 22 | 3 | - | - |
| Mar | 129 | 105 | 22 | 83 | 24 | - | 15 | 6 | 3 | - |
| Apr | 242 | 202 | 34 | 168 | 40 | 2 | 28 | 6 | 4 | - |
| May | 286 | 249 | 92 | 157 | 37 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 8 | - |
| Jun | 274 | 215 | 98 | 117 | 59 | 2 | 36 | 18 | 3 | - |
| Jul | 497 | 390 | 134 | 256 | 107 | 2 | 84 | 16 | 5 | - |
| Aug | 504 | 418 | 135 | 283 | 86 | - | 58 | 26 | 2 | - |
| Sep | 358 | 281 | 118 | 163 | 77 | 2 | 50 | 15 | 10 | - |
| Oct | 416 | 321 | 201 | 120 | 95 | - | 66 | 29 | - | - |
| Nov | 369 | 247 | 160 | 87 | 122 | 4 | 84 | 34 | - | - |
| Dec | 477 | 357 | 222 | 135 | 120 | 12 | 55 | 53 | - | - |
| 1944 | ||||||||||
| Jan | 643 | 498 | 277 | 221 | 145 | 35 | 85 | 25 | - | - |
| Feb | 775 | 661 | 393 | 268 | 114 | 22 | 53 | 36 | 3 | - |
| Mar | 891 | 763 | 551 | 202 | 138 | 5 | 94 | 39 | - | - |
| Apr | 1,170 | 1,043 | 732 | 311 | 127 | 7 | 87 | 33 | - | - |
| May | 1,245 | 1,148 | 761 | 387 | 97 | 5 | 46 | 45 | 1 | - |
| Jun | 1,457 | 1,323 | 904 | 419 | 134 | 8 | 66 | 50 | - | 10 |
| Jul | 1,294 | 1,185 | 712 | 473 | 109 | 9 | 45 | 52 | - | 3 |
| Aug | 1,558 | 1,455 | 968 | 487 | 103 | 10 | 31 | 47 | 1 | 14 |
| Sep | 1,103 | 991 | 758 | 233 | 112 | 5 | 54 | 46 | 4 | 3 |
| Oct | 963 | 815 | 552 | 263 | 148 | 3 | 88 | 50 | 2 | 5 |
| Nov | 1,054 | 819 | 538 | 281 | 235 | 2 | 157 | 50 | 3 | 23 |
| Dec | 1,136 | 927 | 603 | 324 | 209 | 5 | 104 | 59 | 4 | 37 |
| 1945 | ||||||||||
| Jan | 1,084 | 835 | 646 | 189 | 249 | 15 | 134 | 67 | 2 | 31 |
| Feb | 1,043 | 853 | 580 | 273 | 190 | 11 | 101 | 48 | - | 30 |
| Mar | 1,266 | 1,058 | 774 | 284 | 208 | 9 | 112 | 51 | - | 36 |
| Apr | 1,067 | 825 | 579 | 246 | 242 | 30 | 101 | 54 | - | 57 |
| May | 316 | 60 | 43 | 17 | 256 | 32 | 104 | 25 | 7 | 88 |
| Jun | 216 | - | - | - | 216 | 63 | 85 | 21 | 3 | 44 |
| Jul | 194 | - | - | - | 194 | 64 | 49 | 24 | 3 | 54 |
| Aug | 144 | - | - | - | 144 | - | 83 | 2 | - | - |
