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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 1943 and 1944)
(In thousands of hours)
| Type and Model |
Grand Total |
1945 |
1945 |
| Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
| Total |
81,367 |
13,513 |
2,118 |
1,592 |
1,976 |
1,713 |
1,774 |
1,612 |
1,571 |
1,157 |
| Combat Airplanes |
23,132 |
6,480 |
932 |
768 |
987 |
849 |
861 |
788 |
758 |
537 |
| Very Heavy Bombers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| B-29 |
686 |
530 |
30 |
34 |
55 |
63 |
75 |
89 |
104 |
80 |
| Heavy Bombers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
9,842 |
2,381 |
401 |
328 |
395 |
353 |
306 |
239 |
219 |
140 |
| B-17 |
5,045 |
1,138 |
203 |
164 |
193 |
167 |
147 |
101 |
103 |
60 |
| B-24 |
4,766 |
1,225 |
197 |
161 |
200 |
184 |
156 |
135 |
112 |
78 |
| B-32 |
12 |
12 |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
| Others |
19 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
| Medium Bombers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
4,135 |
1,257 |
188 |
144 |
194 |
144 |
157 |
153 |
155 |
122 |
| B-25 |
2,641 |
1,008 |
143 |
115 |
161 |
116 |
123 |
120 |
125 |
105 |
| B-26 |
1,239 |
246 |
44 |
28 |
33 |
28 |
34 |
32 |
30 |
17 |
| Others |
255 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
| Light Bombers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
1,309 |
314 |
34 |
31 |
46 |
44 |
47 |
45 |
36 |
31 |
| A-20 |
451 |
36 |
7 |
5 |
9 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
| A-26 |
317 |
265 |
22 |
22 |
35 |
37 |
42 |
42 |
35 |
30 |
| A-36 |
78 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Others |
463 |
13 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
| Fighters |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
6,780 |
1,854 |
265 |
218 |
278 |
227 |
254 |
241 |
223 |
148 |
| P-38 |
909 |
237 |
38 |
31 |
33 |
31 |
30 |
31 |
27 |
16 |
| P-39 |
648 |
17 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
| P-40 |
1,748 |
367 |
86 |
66 |
78 |
46 |
43 |
25 |
16 |
7 |
| P-47 |
2,373 |
704 |
89 |
75 |
012 |
86 |
100 |
105 |
87 |
60 |
| P-51 |
773 |
403 |
33 |
30 |
45 |
44 |
60 |
63 |
75 |
53 |
| P-59 |
5 |
3 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
| P-61 |
47 |
34 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
| P-63 |
191 |
85 |
7 |
7 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
12 |
13 |
7 |
| P-80 |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
a 1 |
| Others |
85 |
3 |
2 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Reconnaissance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
380 |
144 |
14 |
13 |
19 |
18 |
22 |
21 |
21 |
16 |
| F-4, F-5 |
136 |
63 |
6 |
6 |
8 |
8 |
10 |
9 |
9 |
7 |
| F-6 |
23 |
19 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
| F-13 |
12 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| Others |
209 |
51 |
5 |
4 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
5 |
| Transports |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
7,584 |
1,643 |
246 |
191 |
225 |
187 |
191 |
194 |
212 |
197 |
| C-54 |
120 |
85 |
6 |
5 |
7 |
7 |
11 |
14 |
18 |
17 |
| C-87 |
40 |
21 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
| C-46 |
491 |
145 |
25 |
25 |
37 |
40 |
47 |
48 |
50 |
39 |
| C-47, C-53 |
2,824 |
799 |
107 |
86 |
99 |
91 |
98 |
99 |
111 |
108 |
| Other Heavy & Medium Transports |
327 |
22 |
7 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
- |
2 |
| Light Transports |
3,782 |
405 |
99 |
69 |
76 |
45 |
32 |
30 |
28 |
26 |
| Trainers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
49,060 |
5,212 |
926 |
620 |
739 |
653 |
697 |
603 |
572 |
402 |
| Advanced |
21,410 |
4,110 |
653 |
467 |
572 |
514 |
554 |
501 |
492 |
357 |
| Basic |
14,261 |
373 |
148 |
60 |
51 |
32 |
27 |
23 |
20 |
12 |
| Primary |
13,389 |
729 |
125 |
93 |
116 |
107 |
116 |
79 |
60 |
33 |
| Communications |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
1,591 |
178 |
14 |
13 |
25 |
24 |
25 |
27 |
29 |
21 |
| Liaision |
1,581 |
171 |
14 |
12 |
24 |
23 |
24 |
26 |
28 |
20 |
| Rotary Wing |
10 |
7 |
- |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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a Represents total flying time for the
year since less than 500 hours were flown in any one month |
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