Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 170 -- Enemy Aircraft Destroyed By Far East Air Forces, By Type of AAF Airplane: Feb 1942 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 a 6,298 a 4,502 a 1,796 1,964 1,344 620 946 231 715 3,008 2,709 299
Annually  
1942
(Feb-Dec)		 518 439 79 231 205 26 75 44 31 212 190 22
1943 2,466 1,927 539 636 547 89 575 147 428 1,255 1,233 22
1944 2,518 1,729 789 993 580 413 251 29 222 1,274 1,120 154
1945
(Jan-Aug)		 416 189 227 104 12 92 45 11 34 267 166 101
Monthly  
1942  
Feb 27 27 - 7 7 - - - - 20 20 -
Mar 25 19 6 11 7 4 - - - 14 12 2
Apr 18 9 9 - - - 4 - 4 14 9 5
May 36 29 7 - - - 22 15 7 14 14 -
Jun 33 30 3 5 2 3 8 8 - 20 20 -
Jul 18 18 - 12 12 - 2 2 - 4 4 -
Aug 75 58 17 31 29 2 3 3 - 41 26 15
Sep 48 29 19 31 29 2 17 - 17 - - -
Oct 46 34 12 36 26 10 4 2 2 6 6 -
Nov 76 76 - 38 38 - 13 13 - 25 25 -
Dec 116 110 6 60 55 5 2 1 1 54 54 -
1943  
Jan 101 96 5 57 55 2 3 - 3 41 41 -
Feb 72 67 5 26 23 3 2 - 2 44 44 -
Mar 86 86 - 48 48 - - - - 38 38 -
Apr 50 44 6 23 23 - 7 1 6 20 20 -
May 35 31 4 22 20 2 2 - 2 11 11 -
Jun 108 106 2 21 21 - 1 - 1 86 85 1
Jul 120 118 2 13 12 1 3 2 1 104 104 -
Aug 416 241 175 117 95 22 169 16 153 130 130 -
Sep 247 247 - 79 79 - 14 14 - 154 154 -
Oct 676 414 262 146 105 41 284 75 209 246 234 12
Nov 291 217 74 47 30 17 78 30 48 166 157 9
Dec 264 260 4 37 36 1 12 9 3 215 215 -
1944  
Jan 192 166 26 78 68 10 12 1 11 102 97 5
Feb 210 78 132 64 14 50 73 3 70 73 61 12
Mar 306 175 131 200 74 126 4 3 1 102 98 4
Apr 214 123 91 122 90 32 59 - 59 33 33 -
May 91 52 39 32 22 10 24 - 24 35 30 5
Jun 237 184 53 139 109 30 33 14 19 65 61 4
Jul 82 77 5 57 57 - 5 - 5 20 20 -
Aug 68 19 49 24 2 22 21 2 19 23 15 8
Sep 71 33 38 50 17 33 8 4 4 13 12 1
Oct 190 163 27 100 86 14 2 1 1 88 76 12
Nov 421 306 115 74 29 45 8 1 7 339 276 63
Dec 436 353 83 53 12 41 2 - 2 381 341 40
1945  
Jan 161 60 101 19 2 17 27 - 27 115 58 57
Feb 57 21 36 19 - 19 - - - 38 21 17
Mar 67 48 19 8 - 8 17 10 7 42 38 4
Apr 59 16 43 30 5 25 - - - 29 11 18
May 14 7 7 7 3 4 1 1 - 6 3 3
Jun 8 5 3 5 2 3 - - - 3 3 -
Jul 11 9 2 2 - 2 - - - 9 9 -
Aug 39 23 16 14 - 14 - - - 25 23 2

a - Includes 380 enemy aircraft destroyed, 218 in the air and 162 on the ground, by unidentified AAF airplanes