Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 167 -- Enemy Aircraft Destroyed in European Theater of Operations, By Type of AAF Airplane: Aug 1942 to May 1945

Year
and
Month

 By All Types By Heavy
Bombers		 By Medium &
Light Bombers		 By Fighters
Total In the
Air		 On the Ground Total In the
Air		 On the Ground Total In the
Air		 On the Ground Total In the
Air		 On the Ground
Grand Total 20,419 13,623 6,796 6,098 6,098 - 103 103 - 14,218 7,422 6,796
Annually  
1942
(Aug-Dec)		 169 169 - 162 162 - - - - 7 7 -
1943 3,865 3,865 - 3,381 3,381 - 33 33 - 451 451 -
1944 10,425 8,050 2,375 2,398 2,398 - 50 50 - 7,977 5,602 2,375
1945
(Jan-May)		 5,960 1,539 4,421 157 157 - 20 20 - 5,783 1,362 4,421
Monthly  
1942
Aug 3 3 - 2 2 - - - - 1 1 -
Sep 16 16 - 16 16 - - - - - - -
Oct 49 49 - 44 44 - - - - 5 5 -
Nov 47 47 - 47 47 - - - - - - -
Dec 54 54 - 53 53 - - - - 1 1 -
1943  
Jan 50 50 - 45 45 - - - - 5 5 -
Feb 74 74 - 72 72 - - - - 2 2 -
Mar 142 142 - 142 142 - - - - - - -
Apr 150 150 - 146 146 - - - - 4 4 -
May 380 380 - 372 372 - - - - 8 8 -
Jun 311 311 - 293 293 - - - - 18 18 -
Jul 575 575 - 527 527 - 6 6 - 42 42 -
Aug 457 457 - 401 401 - 3 3 - 53 53 -
Sep 303 303 - 255 255 - 10 10 - 38 38 -
Oct 870 870 - 791 791 - 3 3 - 76 76 -
Nov 222 222 - 106 106 - 11 11 - 105 105 -
Dec 331 331 - 231 231 - - - - 100 100 -
1944  
Jan 795 795 - 582 582 - 10 10 - 203 203 -
Feb 741 740 1 397 397 - 2 2 - 342 341 1
Mar 910 834 76 363 363 - 2 2 - 545 469 76
Apr 1,291 764 527 346 346 - - - - 945 418 527
May 1,220 978 242 380 380 - 2 2 - 838 596 242
Jun 663 515 148 42 42 - 3 3 - 618 470 148
Jul 661 508 153 98 98 - 3 3 - 560 407 153
Aug 1,013 576 437 23 23 - 2 2 - 988 551 437
Sep 1,091 651 440 65 65 - - - - 1,026 586 440
Oct 353 214 139 12 12 - - - - 341 202 139
Nov 702 721 181 29 29 - - - - 673 492 181
Dec 985 954 31 61 61 - 26 26 - 898 867 31
1945  
Jan 465 378 87 41 41 - - - - 424 337 87
Feb 460 165 295 1 1 - 1 1 - 458 163 295
Mar 750 429 321 23 23 - 11 11 - 716 393 321
Apr 4,257 554 3,703 92 92 - 8 8 - 4,157 454 3,703
May 28 13 15 - - - - - - 28 13 15