Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II
Table 174 -- Flying Time of Airplanes in Continental US, By Type and Principal Model of Airplane: Jan 1943 to Aug 1945  (Web Note: Large table broken into three pages. Click here for 1944 and 1945)

(In thousands of hours)

Type and Model Grand Total 1943 1944 1945
(Jan-Aug)		 1943
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Total 81,367 32,099 35,755 13,513 1,940 2,022 2,149 2,322 2,290 2,702 2,944 3,117 3,054 3,333 3,233 2,993
Combat Airplanes 23,132 6,209 10,443 6,480 258 292 341 399 441 537 633 675 672 697 644 764
Very Heavy Bombers                                
B-29 686 7 149 530 - - - - - - - - 1 1 3 2
Heavy Bombers                                
Total 9,842 2,541 4,920 2,381 87 99 112 132 148 181 260 293 317 332 287 293
B-17 5,045 1,387 2,520 1,138 56 67 72 86 89 100 145 168 168 161 129 146
B-24 4,766 1,153 2,388 1,225 31 32 40 46 59 81 115 125 149 171 158 146
B-32 12 - - 12 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Others 19 1 12 6 - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Medium Bombers                                
Total 4,135 1,279 1,599 1,257 69 76 90 99 102 137 137 138 118 113 105 95
B-25 2,641 635 998 1,008 32 36 41 49 51 74 68 69 57 57 51 50
B-26 1,239 463 530 246 22 22 28 31 32 44 51 55 50 46 44 38
Others 255 181 71 3 15 18 21 19 19 19 18 14 11 10 10 7
Light Bombers                                
Total 1,309 492 503 314 36 34 41 38 44 49 43 40 39 45 45 38
A-20 451 181 234 36 9 9 9 8 11 15 18 21 20 22 21 18
A-26 317 - 52 265 - - - - - - - - - - - -
A-36 78 69 9 - 6 9 10 9 10 7 5 4 3 3 2 1
Others 463 242 208 13 21 16 22 21 23 27 20 15 16 20 22 19
Fighters                                
Total 6,780 1,771 3,155 1,854 54 69 85 116 133 157 181 195 192 203 200 186
P-38 909 308 364 237 12 16 14 19 25 31 38 35 32 27 32 27
P-39 648 373 258 17 10 12 15 20 27 33 45 45 42 44 40 40
P-40 1,748 367 1,014 367 21 25 27 30 23 30 36 34 40 38 35 28
P-47 2,373 604 1,065 704 9 12 26 40 49 53 52 70 65 80 75 73
P-51 773 83 287 403 - - 1 5 7 8 8 8 8 11 13 14
P-59 5 - 2 3 - - - - - - - - - - - -
P-61 47 1 12 34 - - - - - - - - - - - a 1
P-63 191 - 106 85 - - - - - - - - - - - -
P-80 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Others 85 35 47 3 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 5 3
Reconnaissance                                
Total 380 119 117 144 12 14 13 14 14 13 12 9 5 3 4 6
F-4, F-5 136 21 52 63 2 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 3
F-6 23 - 4 19 - - - - - - - - - - - -
F-13 12 - 1 11 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Others 209 98 60 51 10 11 11 12 13 11 11 8 4 2 2 3
Transports                                
Total 7,584 1,989 3,952 1,643 55 60 82 103 127 168 207 213 223 230 265 256
C-54 120 3 32 85 - - - - - - - - - - - a 3
C-87 40 4 15 21 - - - - - - - - - - - a 4
C-46 491   35 145 311 - - - 1 5 6 3 6 4 7 3
C-47, C-53 2,824 686 1,339 799 36 41 56 51 46 55 69 74 70 57 71 60
Other Heavy & Medium Transports 327 147 158 22 4 4 8 10 10 12 18 18 15 14 23 11
Light Transports 3,782 1,114 2,263 405 15 15 18 42 70 96 114 118 132 155 164 175
Trainers                                
Total 49,060 22,977 20,871 5,212 1,552 1,600 1,665 1,756 1,657 1,927 2,022 2,139 2,064 2,307 2,229 2,059
Advanced 21,410 7,893 9,407 4,110 531 578 630 651 622 689 707 723 666 725 701 670
Basic 14,261 7,387 6,501 373 532 539 537 542 499 592 645 688 670 739 723 681
Primary 13,389 7,697 4,963 729 489 483 498 563 536 646 670 728 728 834 805 708
Communications                                
Total 1,591 924 489 178 75 50 61 64 65 70 82 90 95 58 74 58
Liaision 1,581 924 486 171 75 70 61 64 65 70 82 90 95 58 74 58
Rotary Wing 10 - 3 7 - - - - - - - - - - - -

a Represents total flying time for the year since less than 500 hours were flown in any one month