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 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 a 9,497 a 7,003 a 2,494 3,948 3,178 770 816 510 306 4,664 3,300 1,364
Annually  
1942
(Jul-Dec)		 158 123 35 42 36 6 24 6 18 92 81 11
1943 3,740 2,968 772 1,549 1,244 305 732 454 278 1,459 1,270 189
1944 5,239 3,693 1,546 2,340 1,889 451 54 44 10 2,845 1,760 1,085
1945
(Jan-May)		 291 204 87 17 9 8 6 6 - 268 189 79
Monthly  
1942
Jul 2 2 - 2 2 - - - - - - -
Aug - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 1 1 - 1 1 - - - - - - -
Oct 43 33 10 8 8 - 13 3 10 22 22 -
Nov 36 22 14 11 6 5 - - - 25 16 9
Dec 76 65 11 20 19 1 11 3 8 45 43 2
1943  
Jan 194 163 31 74 74 - 63 33 30 57 56 1
Feb 143 137 6 47 47 - 39 33 6 57 57 -
Mar 211 187 24 75 63 12 33 21 12 103 103 -
Apr 523 421 102 175 75 100 29 27 2 319 319 -
May 350 269 81 114 107 7 71 30 41 165 132 33
Jun 267 233 34 98 81 17 42 37 5 127 115 12
Jul 313 250 63 138 89 49 50 36 14 125 125 -
Aug 602 539 63 308 308 - 114 114 - 180 117 63
Sep 483 314 169 166 124 42 178 88 90 139 102 37
Oct 290 170 120 117 64 53 67 25 42 106 81 25
Nov 175 114 61 106 84 22 42 9 33 27 21 6
Dec 189 171 18 131 128 3 4 1 3 54 42 12
1944  
Jan 320 320 - 135 135 - 15 15 - 170 170 -
Feb 377 355 22 249 230 19 14 14 - 114 111 3
Mar 307 210 97 179 105 74 8 2 6 120 103 17
Apr 958 653 305 631 429 202 - - - 327 224 103
May 532 432 100 280 242 38 - - - 252 190 62
Jun 562 511 51 246 226 20 - - - 316 285 31
Jul 872 713 159 375 336 39 1 1 - 496 376 120
Aug 598 273 325 166 122 44 4 - 4 428 151 277
Sep 251 31 220 18 13 5 - - - 233 18 215
Oct 259 62 197 - - - 2 2 - 257 60 197
Nov 86 44 42 13 3 10 7 7 - 66 38 28
Dec 117 89 23 48 48 - 3 3 - 66 38 28
1945  
Jan 8 8 - - - - - - - 8 8 -
Feb 28 9  19 - - - - - - 27 8 19
Mar 145 119 26 17 9 8 5 5 - 123 105 18
Apr 110 68 42 - - - - - - 110 68 42
May - - - - - - - - - - - -

a - Includes 69 enemy aircraft destroyed, 15 in the air and 54 on the ground, by unidentified AAF airplanes