Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 17 - Enlisted Personnel in Continental U S, By Air Force or Command: Dec 1941 to Aug 1945
End of Month Total Continental Air Forces First Air Force Second Air Force Third Air Force Fourth Air Force I Troop Carrier Command Training Command Air Technical Service Command Air Transport Command Personnel Distribution Command Other a
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Dec 306,323 - -
1942  
Jan 339,371 - -
Feb 390,275 - -
Mar 453,184 - -
Apr 486,554 - -
May 525,984 - -
Jun 603,642 - -
Jul 651,737 - -
Aug 759,760 - -
Sep 847,715 - -
Oct 991,369 - -
Nov 1,212,842 - 32,094 78,603 88,878 32,572 20,333 748,781 137,229 27,337 - 47,015
Dec 1,254,553 - 35,023 89,861 89,320 35,229 20,917 771,027 140,213 23,982 - 48,981
1943
Jan 1,324,292 - 38,117 91,509 100,438 38,598 18,694 814,004 140,328 24,785 - 57,819
Feb 1,451,716 - 45,202 95,649 103,751 40,625 19,217 879,348 148,417 30,501 - 89,006
Mar 1,585,207 - 50,234 107,488 121,465 53,153 23,048 893,844 166,852 37,276 - 131,847
Apr 1,659,544 - 52,228 118,776 132,318 6,0196 25,388 903,997 168,117 42,542 - 155,982
May 1,629,657 - 53,620 128,929 138,013 58,152 25,260 860,912 158,913 44,053 - 161,805
Jun 1,608,552 - 56,882 134,285 145,647 63,756 26,659 809,947 160,212 44,742 - 166,422
Jul 1,604,056 - 65,260 142,360 139,728 58,095 26,849 809,336 157,079 43,231 - 162,118
Aug 1,604,245 - 72,519 150,774 139,702 65,484 27,651 801,894 148,054 45,352 - 152,815
Sep 1,582,389 - 65,404 156,927 135,275 67,150 26,840 795,034 124,042 45,032 - 166,685
Oct 1,544,366 - 64,350 161,285 123,732 65,936 26,029 799,133 112,924 44,946 - 146,031
Nov 1,523,512 - 64,923 147,461 128,135 64,721 27,685 785,519 101,075 45,287 - 158,706
Dec 1,444,941 - 56,760 141,426 130,545 59,409 28,739 762,677 92,357 45,339 - 127,689
1944
Jan 1,407,884 - 52,039 144,798 127,770 62,596 29,303 742,406 73,060 46,148 - 129,764
Feb 1,353,127 - 49,053 139,167 126,481 60,709 27,091 709,117 71,468 47,659 - 122,382
Mar 1,302,934 - 49,726 140,677 119,133 61,291 26,623 669,851 80,329 50,345 - 105,959
Apr 1,208,723 - 51,279 133,609 121,345 65,142 25,373 590,108 83,832 50,227 - 87,808
May 1,172,547 - 52,021 132,467 120,415 66,132 29,075 559,467 84,206 52,689 - 76,075
Jun 1,129,802 - 50,375 135,069 116,515 65,752 29,431 524,026 84,929 33,881 13,233 76,591
Jul 1,134,578 - 50,894 131,825 112,086 67,480 28,497 512,092 90,353 34,052 36,410 70,889
Aug 1,108,330 - 50,582 136,437 111,433 68,026 28,237 484,985 88,447 34,989 39,488 65,706
Sep 1,092,617 - 44,976 141,665 110,821 66,380 28,954 461,449 84,984 36,889 46,003 70,496
Oct 1,046,102 - 42,243 136,180 99,818 61,827 26,602 451,824 82,580 36,370 49,509 59,149
Nov 1,014,507 - 41,578 129,087 97,866 58,797 25,166 438,399 82,860 36,201 54,806 49,747
Dec 972,892 - 41,070 124,692 94,257 57,617 24,955 413,984 73,305 36,052 49,246 57,714
1945
Jan 944,169 - 40,187 120,351 92,895 58,473 23,917 405,385 69,972 34,438 43,563 54,988
Feb 914,161 - 53,517 102,120 84,877 65,564 22,649 386,584 66,037 31,039 59,839 50,935
Mar 888,281 - 59,638 94,145 78,501 67,712 20,675 383,934 61,681 30,442 46,484 45,069
Apr 881,136 315,828 I n c l u d e d  i n  C A F 376,374 58,326 28,724 49,721 52,163
May 876,395 313,216 361,602 57,647 35,470 50,148 58,312
Jun 913,812 337,324 346,082 60,901 39,866 54,361 75,278
Jul 946,941 378,849 344,769 67,909 40,313 55,988 59,113
Aug 1,008,062 414,390 336,648 76,198 42,450 68,200 70,176