Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 160 -- Airplane Losses on Combat Missions in Mediterranean Theater of Operations, By Type of Airplane and by Cause of Loss: Jun 1942 to May 1945

Year
and
Month

 All Types Heavy
Bombers		 Medium &
Light Bombers		 Fighters
Total Enemy
Aircraft		 Anti-
Aircraft		 Other
Causes		 Total Enemy
Aircraft		 Anti-
Aircraft		 Other
Causes		 Total Enemy
Aircraft		 Anti-
Aircraft		 Other
Causes		 Total Enemy
Aircraft		 Anti-
Aircraft		 Other
Causes
Grand Total 6,731 2,526 2,441 1,764 2,755 847 1,313 606 808 352 306 150 3,157 1,327 822 1,008
Annually  
1942 (Jun-Dec) 86 67 17 2 17 12 4 1 15 9 5 1 54 46 8 -
1943 1,767 1,264 250 253 294 209 55 30 385 239 80 66 1,088 816 115 157
1944 3,869 1,161 1,689 1,119 1,974 619 933 422 324 101 163 60 1,571 441 493 637
1945
(Jan-May)		 1,009 34 585 390 481 7 321 153 84 3 58 23 444 24 206 214
Monthly  
1942
Jun 5 4 - 1 5 4 - 1 - - - - - - - -
Jul 3 3 - - 3 3 - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 6 5 - 1 1 1 - - 2 1 - 1 3 3 - -
Sep 6 6 - - - - - - 6 6 - - - - - -
Oct 6 6 - - 1 1 - - 2 2 - - 3 3 - -
Nov 18 11 7 - 3 1 2 - 1 - 1 - 14 10 4 -
Dec 42 32 10 - 4 2 2 - 4 - 4 - 34 30 4 -
1943  
Jan 112 100 7 5 11 11 - - 13 11 1 1 88 78 6 4
Feb 86 60 20 6 6 6 - - 28 14 10 4 52 40 10 2
Mar 83 65 12 6 2 2 - - 13 8 5 - 68 55 7 6
Apr 168 144 16 8 13 11 2 - 39 24 10 5 116 109 4 3
May 157 119 23 15 16 12 4 - 25 18 3 4 116 89 16 11
Jun 117 84 7 26 10 8 2 - 26 18 2 6 81 58 3 20
Jul 256 177 43 36 30 16 9 5 73 49 22 2 153 112 12 29
Aug 283 181 60 42 85 41 31 13 41 27 12 2 157 113 17 27
Sep 163 103 12 48 20 15 1 4 55 32 6 17 88 56 5 27
Oct 120 86 9 25 37 32 2 3 33 22 1 10 50 32 6 12
Nov 87 52 20 15 28 25 1 2 20 9 4 7 39 18 15 6
Dec 135 93 21 21 36 30 3 3 19 7 4 8 80 56 14 10
1944  
Jan 221 118 42 61 54 20 10 24 50 28 15 7 117 70 17 30
Feb 268 175 55 38 128 106 11 11 36 12 19 5 104 57 25 22
Mar 202 88 41 73 85 42 19 24 28 8 13 7 89 38 9 42
Apr 311 153 84 74 194 105 65 24 12 10 2 - 105 38 17 50
May 387 102 1899 96 175 50 107 18 32 - 23 9 180 52 59 69
Jun 419 161 161 97 196 85 79 32 22 9 12 1 201 67 70 64
Jul 473 141 222 110 317 94 170 53 21 4 10 7 135 43 42 50
Aug 487 133 186 168 254 91 112 51 36 3 20 13 197 39 54 104
Sep 233 33 138 62 94 7 71 16 22 8 12 2 117 18 55 44
Oct 263 6 183 74 140 - 110 30 25 4 18 3 98 2 55 41
Nov 281 23 137 121 132 1 69 62 29 12 14 3 120 10 54 56
Dec 324 28 151 145 205 18 110 77 11 3 5 3 108 7 36 65
1945  
Jan 189 2 88 99 88 - 46 42 20 2 9 9 81 - 33 48
Feb 273 4 166 103 147 - 108 39 19 - 14 5 107 4 44 59
Mar 284 21 170 93 149 7 93 49 25 1 21 3 110 13 56 41
Apr 246 7 151 88 83 - 65 18 20 - 14 6 143 7 72 64
May 17 - 10 7 14 - 9 5 - - - - 3 - 1 2