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Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II
Table 169 -- Enemy Aircraft Destroyed in
Pacific Ocean Areas, By Type of AAF Airplane: Jul 1943 to Aug 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 |
794 |
575 |
219 |
267 |
183 |
84 |
26 |
22 |
4 |
501 |
370 |
131 |
| Annually |
|
| 1943 (Jul-Dec) |
96 |
87 |
9 |
81 |
81 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
15 |
6 |
9 |
| 1944 |
226 |
150 |
76 |
163 |
90 |
73 |
22 |
22 |
- |
41 |
38 |
3 |
1945
(Jan-Aug) |
472 |
338 |
134 |
23 |
12 |
11 |
4 |
- |
4 |
445 |
326 |
119 |
| Monthly |
|
| 1943 |
| Jul |
18 |
18 |
- |
18 |
18 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Aug |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Sep |
8 |
8 |
- |
8 |
8 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Oct |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
| Nov |
18 |
18 |
- |
18 |
18 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Dec |
51 |
42 |
9 |
37 |
37 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
14 |
5 |
9 |
| 1944 |
|
| Jan |
56 |
46 |
10 |
26 |
16 |
10 |
18 |
18 |
- |
12 |
12 |
- |
| Feb |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Mar |
4 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Apr |
2 |
2 |
- |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| May |
4 |
4 |
- |
4 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Jun |
7 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| Jul |
19 |
19 |
- |
17 |
17 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
2 |
- |
| Aug |
19 |
17 |
2 |
19 |
17 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Sep |
12 |
12 |
- |
12 |
12 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Oct |
8 |
8 |
- |
7 |
7 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
| Nov |
14 |
13 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
12 |
12 |
- |
| Dec |
81 |
19 |
62 |
69 |
9 |
60 |
- |
- |
- |
12 |
10 |
2 |
| 1945 |
|
| Jan |
7 |
7 |
- |
4 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
3 |
- |
| Feb |
7 |
7 |
- |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
5 |
5 |
- |
| Mar |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
2 |
- |
| Apr |
94 |
71 |
23 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
94 |
71 |
23 |
| May |
92 |
88 |
4 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
91 |
88 |
3 |
| Jun |
141 |
113 |
28 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
141 |
113 |
28 |
| Jul |
112 |
47 |
65 |
3 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
109 |
44 |
65 |
| Aug |
17 |
3 |
14 |
13 |
3 |
10 |
4 |
- |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
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