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

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).