Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 175 -- Flying Time of Airplanes with Units Oveseas, By Type of Airplane: Dec 1941 to Aug 1945

(Includes very heavy, heavy, medium and light bombers and fighters)
Year and Month Total Theaters vs Germany Theaters vs Japan
Total ETO MTO Total POA FEAF C & I-B Alaska Twentieth Air Force
Grand Total 13,511,121 9,260,867 5,946,310 3,314,557 4,250,254 664,100 2,150,850 702,742 110,587 621,975
Annually                    
1941 (Dec) 1,177 - - - 1,177 - 1,177 - - -
1942 128,732 33,454 16,790 16,664 95,278 16,819 65,730 6,492 6,237 -
1943 1,865,394 1,138,951 429,919 709,032 726,443 126,708 444,605 122,303 32,827 -
1944 6,957,360 5,349,338 3,542,693 1,806,645 1,608,022 265,778 903,026 325,017 38,894 75,307
1945
(Jan-Aug)		 4,558,458 2,739,124 1,956,908 782,216 1,819,334 254,795 736,312 248,930 32,629 546,668
Monthly                    
1941                    
Dec 1,177 - - - 1,177 - 1,177 - - -
1942                    
Jan 1,780 - - - 1,780 - 1,706 - 74 -
Feb 3,605 - - - 3,605 - 3,475 46 83 -
Mar 4,283 - - - 4,283 - 4,066 138 79 -
Apr 4,889 - - - 4,889 - 4,640 172 77 -
May 5,532 - - - 5,532 120 4,983 319 110 -
Jun 9,978 85 - 85 9,893 3,472 5,195 786 440 -
Jul 6,841 204 - 204 6,637 - 5,402 590 645 -
Aug 9,520 2,043 1,555 488 7,477 - 6,103 525 849 -
Sep 10,977 2,937 2,304 633 8,040 - 6,416 737 887 -
Oct 14,342 5,105 3,406 1,699 9,237 - 7,481 805 951 -
Nov 30,304 12,584 5,548 7,036 17,720 7,700 8,109 980 931 -
Dec 26,681 10,496 3,977 6,519 16,185 5,527 8,153 1,394 1,111 -
1943                    
Jan 52,761 25,758 5,594 20,164 27,003 8,023 15,122 2,019 1,839 -
Feb 44,543 20,565 6,563 14,002 23,978 7,952 9,711 4,200 2,115 -
Mar 64,285 31,773 9,645 22,128 32,512 7,803 15,864 6,253 2,592 -
Apr 96,258 54,317 9,499 44,818 41,941 8,066 20,784 8,695 4,396 -
May 129,321 86,314 26,083 60,231 43,007 7,862 22,053 10,048 3,044 -
Jun 134,186 90,656 27,240 63,416 43,530 7,405 27,358 6,287 2,480 -
Jul 219,038 159,103 46,276 112,827 59,935 8,607 39,281 8,717 3,330 -
Aug 203,772 133,786 40,014 93,772 69,986 8,354 47,891 10,476 3,175 -
Sep 240,460 153,528 56,543 96,985 86,932 8,983 63,110 11,445 3,394 -
Oct 206,657 117,282 53,051 64,231 89,375 13,915 56,449 15,525 2,486 -
Nov 216,811 117,623 60,948 56,675 99,188 19,861 58,969 18,234 2,124 -
Dec 257,302 148,246 88,463 59,783 109,056 19,877 66,923 20,404 1,852 -
1944                    
Jan 286,669 184,372 92,802 91,570 102,297 20,785 64,604 14,694 2,214 -
Feb 303,802 203,603 136,300 67,303 100,199 17,639 66,445 13,937 2,178 -
Mar 392,240 280,773 189,596 91,177 111,467 19,155 74,123 16,303 1,886 -
Apr 503,261 386,451 247,0214 139,427 116,810 21,239 72,030 20,103 3,438 -
May 712,490 578,913 384,940 193,973 133,577 20,509 80,740 24,108 3,735 4,485
Jun 737,020 608,167 423,367 184,800 128,853 17,921 78,995 23,512 3,280 5,145
Jul 723,814 592,881 391,669 201,212 130,933 22,112 67,078 32,837 1,814 7,092
Aug 759,026 630,443 410,555 219,888 128,583 22,239 63,702 32,571 2,722 7,349
Sep 658,623 505,895 345,143 160,752 152,728 22,253 83,974 32,274 5,150 9,077
Oct 615,680 457,730 314,377 143,353 157,950 24,674 86,146 31,136 5,691 10,303
Nov 620,704 456,255 302,874 153,381 164,449 26,525 81,370 39,924 2,732 13,898
Dec 644,031 463,855 304,046 159,809 180,176 30,727 83,819 43,618 4,054 17,958
1945                    
Jan 561,452 355,226 258,254 96,972 206,226 28,968 103,890 45,037 3,619 24,712
Feb 764,313 572,353 382,377 189,976 191,960 27,037 90,509 41,300 4,357 28,757
Mar 1,026,819 782,041 560,087 221,954 244,778 35,712 101,381 49,704 3,970 54,011
Apr 942,832 719,987 501,592 218,395 222,845 28,652 94,490 37,147 5,596 56,960
May 552,439 309,517 254,598 54,919 242,922 29,938 106,453 26,886 5,373 74,272
Jun 267,611 - - - 267,611 42,747 111,112 20,090 4,422 89,240
Jul 272,182 - - - 272,182 51,662 74,046 18,370 3,787 124,317
Aug 170,810 - - - 170,810 10,079 54,431 10,396 1,505 94,399