Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 171 -- Enemy Aircraft Destroyed in China & India-Burma, By Type of AAF Airplane: Jul 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 1,913 a 1,202 a 711 299 283 16 56 46 10 1,467 847 620
Annually  
1942
(Jul-Dec)		 53 53 - - - - 1 1 - 52 52 -
1943 636 582 54 280 264 16 31 30 1 325 288 37
1944 772 452 320 19 19 - 24 15 9 729 418 311
1945
(Jan-Aug)		 361 89 272 - - - - - - 361 89 272
Monthly  
1942  
Jul 13 13 - - - - - - - 13 13 -
Aug 3 3 - - - - - - - 3 3 -
Sep 5 5 - - - - - - - 5 5 -
Oct 16 16 - - - - - - - 16 16 -
Nov 3 - - - - - - - - 3 3 -
Dec 13 13 - - - - 1 1 - 12 12 -
1943  
Jan 8 8 - - - - - - - 8 8 -
Feb 26 11 15 5 2 3 - - - 21 9 12
Mar 9 8 1 9 8 1 - - - - - -
Apr 17 17 - - - - - - - 17 17 -
May 81 67 14 37 25 12 7 7 - 37 35 2
Jun 11 11 - - - - - - - 11 11 -
Jul 55 55 - 15 15 - 5 5 - 35 35 -
Aug 86 86 - 62 62 - 3 3 - 21 21 -
Sep 62 61 1 13 13 - 13 13 - 36 35 1
Oct 65 63 2 55 55 - 1 - 1 9 8 1
Nov 72 65 7 40 40 - 2 2 - 30 23 7
Dec 144 130 14 44 4 - - - - 100 86 14
1944  
Jan 6 6 - - - - - - - 6 6 -
Feb 12 12 - - - - - - - 12 12 -
Mar 102 55 47 2 2 - 10 1 9 90 52 38
Apr 101 32 69 3 3 - 6 6 - 92 23 69
May 77 64 13 - - - 2 2 - 75 62 13
Jun 20 19 1 - - - - - - 20 19 1
Jul 55 49 6 2 2 - 3 3 - 50 44 6
Aug 46 41 5 11 11 - - - - 35 30 5
Sep 37 23 14 - - - - - - 37 23 14
Oct 53 27 26 1 1 - 3 3 - 49 23 26
Nov 52 31 21 - - - - - - 52 31 21
Dec 211 93 118 - - - - - - 211 93 118
1945  
Jan 217 56 161 - - - - - - 217 56 161
Feb 56 15 41 - - -- - - - 56 15 41
Mar 44 13 31 - - - - - - 44 13 31
Apr 37 2 35 - - - - - - 37 2 35
May 1 1 - - - - - - - 1 1 -
Jun 5 1 4 - - - - - - 5 1 4
Jul 1 1 - - - - - - - 1 1 -
Aug - - - - - - - - - - - -

a - Includes 91 enemy aircraft destroyed, 26 in the air and 65 on the ground, by unidentified AAF airplanes