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Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II
Table 168 -- Enemy Aircraft Destroyed in
Mediterranean Theater of Operations, By Type of AAF Airplane: Jul 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 |
a 40,259 |
a 29,916 |
a 20,419 |
a 9,497 |
a 10,343 |
794 |
a 6,298 |
a 1,913 |
a 113 |
1,225 |
| Annually |
|
|
1942
(Feb-Dec) |
935 |
327 |
169 |
158 |
608 |
- |
518 |
53 |
37 |
- |
| 1943 |
10,837 |
7,605 |
3,865 |
3,740 |
3,232 |
96 |
2,466 |
636 |
34 |
- |
| 1944 |
19,442 |
15,664 |
10,425 |
5,239 |
3,778 |
226 |
2,518 |
772 |
8 |
254 |
1945
(Jan-Aug) |
8,477 |
6,251 |
5,960 |
291 |
2,226 |
472 |
416 |
361 |
6 |
971 |
| Monthly |
|
| 1942 |
| Feb |
27 |
- |
- |
- |
27 |
- |
27 |
- |
- |
- |
| Mar |
25 |
- |
- |
- |
25 |
- |
25 |
- |
- |
- |
| Apr |
18 |
- |
- |
- |
18 |
- |
18 |
- |
- |
- |
| May |
36 |
- |
- |
- |
36 |
- |
36 |
- |
- |
- |
| Jun |
41 |
- |
- |
- |
41 |
- |
33 |
- |
8 |
- |
| Jul |
33 |
2 |
- |
2 |
31 |
- |
18 |
13 |
- |
- |
| Aug |
83 |
3 |
3 |
- |
80 |
- |
75 |
3 |
2 |
- |
| Sep |
75 |
17 |
16 |
1 |
58 |
- |
48 |
5 |
5 |
- |
| Oct |
167 |
92 |
49 |
43 |
75 |
- |
46 |
16 |
13 |
- |
| Nov |
170 |
83 |
47 |
36 |
87 |
- |
76 |
3 |
8 |
- |
| Dec |
260 |
130 |
54 |
76 |
130 |
- |
116 |
13 |
1 |
- |
| 1943 |
|
| Jan |
353 |
244 |
50 |
194 |
109 |
- |
101 |
8 |
- |
- |
| Feb |
322 |
217 |
74 |
143 |
105 |
- |
72 |
26 |
7 |
- |
| Mar |
450 |
353 |
142 |
211 |
94 |
- |
86 |
9 |
2 |
- |
| Apr |
740 |
673 |
150 |
523 |
67 |
- |
50 |
17 |
- |
- |
| May |
852 |
730 |
380 |
350 |
122 |
- |
35 |
81 |
6 |
- |
| Jun |
697 |
578 |
311 |
267 |
119 |
- |
108 |
11 |
- |
- |
| Jul |
1,081 |
888 |
575 |
313 |
193 |
18 |
120 |
55 |
- |
- |
| Aug |
1,567 |
1,059 |
457 |
602 |
508 |
- |
416 |
86 |
6 |
- |
| Sep |
1,116 |
786 |
303 |
483 |
330 |
8 |
247 |
62 |
13 |
- |
| Oct |
1,902 |
1,160 |
870 |
290 |
742 |
1 |
676 |
65 |
- |
- |
| Nov |
778 |
397 |
222 |
175 |
381 |
18 |
291 |
72 |
- |
- |
| Dec |
979 |
520 |
331 |
189 |
459 |
51 |
264 |
144 |
- |
- |
| 1944 |
|
| Jan |
1,369 |
1,115 |
795 |
320 |
254 |
56 |
192 |
6 |
- |
- |
| Feb |
1,340 |
1,118 |
741 |
377 |
222 |
- |
210 |
12 |
- |
- |
| Mar |
1,629 |
1,217 |
910 |
307 |
412 |
4 |
306 |
102 |
- |
- |
| Apr |
2,566 |
2,249 |
1,291 |
958 |
317 |
2 |
214 |
101 |
- |
- |
| May |
1.924 |
1,752 |
1,220 |
532 |
172 |
4 |
91 |
77 |
- |
- |
| Jun |
1,489 |
1225 |
663 |
562 |
264 |
7 |
237 |
20 |
- |
- |
| Jul |
1,689 |
1,533 |
661 |
872 |
156 |
19 |
82 |
55 |
- |
- |
| Aug |
1,763 |
1,611 |
1,013 |
598 |
152 |
19 |
68 |
46 |
1 |
18 |
| Sep |
1,482 |
1,342 |
1,091 |
251 |
140 |
12 |
71 |
37 |
1 |
19 |
| Oct |
941 |
612 |
353 |
259 |
329 |
8 |
190 |
53 |
2 |
76 |
| Nov |
1,323 |
788 |
702 |
86 |
535 |
14 |
421 |
52 |
4 |
44 |
| Dec |
1,927 |
1,102 |
985 |
117 |
825 |
81 |
436 |
211 |
- |
97 |
| 1945 |
|
| Jan |
1,014 |
473 |
465 |
8 |
541 |
7 |
161 |
217 |
5 |
151 |
| Feb |
683 |
488 |
460 |
28 |
195 |
7 |
57 |
56 |
- |
75 |
| Mar |
1,024 |
895 |
750 |
145 |
129 |
2 |
67 |
44 |
- |
16 |
| Apr |
4,878 |
4,367 |
4,257 |
110 |
511 |
94 |
59 |
37 |
- |
321 |
| May |
305 |
28 |
28 |
- |
277 |
92 |
14 |
1 |
- |
170 |
| Jun |
291 |
- |
- |
- |
291 |
141 |
8 |
5 |
1 |
136 |
| Jul |
161 |
- |
- |
- |
161 |
112 |
11 |
1 |
- |
37 |
| Aug |
121 |
- |
- |
- |
121 |
17 |
39 |
- |
- |
65 |
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a - Includes 568 enemy aircraft
destroyed, whose destruction cannot be allocated to specific months:
69 n theaters vs Germany (MTO), 499 in theaters vs Japan (FEAF -380,
C & I-B - 91, Alaska - 28). |
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