Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 163 -- Airplane Losses on Combat Missions in China & India-Burma, By Type of Airplane and by Cause of Loss: Apr 1942 to Aug 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 1,076 382 267 427 140 44 27 69 162 43 32 87 774 295 208 271
Annually  
1942
(Apr-Dec)		 35 29 - 6 4 2 - 2 7 7 - - 24 20 - 4
1943 217 139 13 65 44 30 1 13 27 15 2 10 146 94 10 42
1944 532 187 123 222 71 12 19 40 90 18 18 54 371 157 86 128
1945
(Jan-Aug)		 292 27 131 134 21 - 7 14 38 3 12 23 233 24 112 97
Monthly  
1942
Apr 1 - - 1 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - -
May 1 - - 1 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - -
Jun 6 6 - - 1 1 - - 5 5 - - - - - -
Jul 4 4 - - - - - - 1 1 - - 3 3 - -
Aug 2 2 - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 - -
Sep 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - -
Oct 7 7 - - - - - - 1 1 - - 6 6 - -
Nov 11 7 - 4 1 1 - - - - - - 10 6 - 4
Dec 2 2 - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 - -
1943  
Jan 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - -
Feb 3 1 2 - - - - - - - - - 3 1 2 -
Mar 6 3 2 1 2 2 - - - - - - 4 1 2 1
Apr 6 5 1 - 1 1 - - - - - - 5 4 1 -
May 10 6 - 4 2 1 - 1 6 3 - 3 2 2 - -
Jun 18 10 - 8 1 - - 1 1 1 - - 16 9 - 7
Jul 16 14 - 2 2 1 - 1 1 1 - - 13 12 - 1
Aug 26 15 1 10 6 4 - 2 2 2 - - 18 9 1 8
Sep 15 13 - 2 4 3 - 1 3 3 - - 8 7 - 1
Oct 29 22 1 6 4 3 - 1 5 4 - 1 20 15 1 4
Nov 34 25 3 6 17 13 1 3 2 - 1 1 15 12 1 2
Dec 53 24 3 26 5 2 - 3 7 1 1 5 41 21 2 18
1944  
Jan 25 6 1 18 8 1 - 7 4 - 1 3 13 5 - 8
Feb 36 14 2 20 3 - - 3 12 1 - 11 21 13 2 6
Mar 39 19 5 15 - - - - 17 4 4 9 22 15 1 6
Apr 33 4 12 17 7 1 4 2 8 - 4 4 18 3 4 11
May 45 22 11 12 11 1 6 4 8 5 1 2 26 16 4 6
Jun 50 17 8 25 7 - 1 6 7 - 1 6 36 17 6 13
Jul 52 23 9 20 7 - - 7 6 2 - 4 39 21 9 9
Aug 47 13 19 15 6 2 4 - 6 - 2 4 35 11 13 11
Sep 46 16 12 18 3 - 1 2 9 3 2 4 34 13 9 12
Oct 50 18 15 17 5 3 - 2 8 1 2 5 37 14 13 10
Nov 50 16 14 20 6 1 1 4 1 1 - - 43 14 13 16
Dec 59 19 15 25 8 3 2 3 4 1 1 2 47 15 12 20
1945  
Jan 67 13 32 22 4 - - 4 10 - 4 6 53 13 28 12
Feb 48 4 15 29 2 - - 2 8 - - 8 38 4 15 19
Mar 51 3 26 22 6 - 2 4 7 1 4 2 38 2 20 16
Apr 54 5 22 27 5 - 3 2 6 1 1 4 43 4 18 21
May 25 1 14 10 4 - 2 2 4 1 2 1 17 - 10 7
Jun 21 - 11 10 - - - - 2 - 1 1 19 - 10 9
Jul 24 1 11 12 - - - - 1 - - 1 23 1 11 11
Aug 2 - - 2 - - - - - - - - 2 - - 2