Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 176 -- Flying Time of Airplanes with Units in European Theater of Operations, By Type of Airplane: Aug 1942 to May 1945
Year and Month All Types Heavy Bomber Medium & LIght Bomber Fighter
Total Combat Total Combat Total Combat Total Combat
Grand Total 5,946,310 4,289,376 3,124,811 2,158,017 617,327 402,028 2,204,172 1,729,331
Annually                
1942
(Aug-Dec)		 16,790 8,092 14,806 6,952 - - 1,984 1,140
1943 429,919 236,717 288,652 155,107 35,004 23,735 106,263 57,875
1944 3,542,693 2,692,095 1,818,795 1,331,902 336,633 230,441 1,387,265 1,129,752
1945
(Jan-May)		 1,956,908 1,352,472 1,002,558 664,056 245,690 147,852 708,660 540,564
Monthly                
1942                
Aug 1,555 800 1,139 561 - - 416 239
Sep 2,304 1,174 1,827 900 - - 477 274
Oct 3,406 1,634 2,910 1,349 - - 496 285
Nov 5,548 2,580 5,331 2,455 - - 217 125
Dec 3,977 1,904 3,599 1,687 - - 378 217
1943                
Jan 5,594 2,639 5,044 2,317 - - 550 322
Feb 6,563 3,137 5,388 2,477 46 - 1,129 660
Mar 9,645 4,563 8,325 3,834 85 - 1,235 729
Apr 9,499 4,370 7,672 3,562 170 - 1,657 808
May 26,083 12,409 18,663 8,858 95 46 7,325 3,505
Jun 27,240 12,912 20,458 9,667 - - 6,782 3,245
Jul 46,276 22,498 36,537 17,925 1,856 901 7,883 3,672
Aug 40,014 20,112 25,022 12,058 6,390 3,101 8,602 4,953
Sep 56,543 30,660 33,004 17,651 8,773 6,412 14,766 6,597
Oct 53,051 28,885 34,116 18,336 4,818 3,288 14,117 7,261
Nov 60,948 32,758 37,493 17,868 5,951 4,471 17,504 10,419
Dec 88,463 61,774 56,930 40,554 6,820 5,516 24,713 15,704
1944                
Jan 92,802 61,331 54,087 36,378 6,1183 3,861 32,532 21,092
Feb 136,300 107,718 78,827 63,865 12,626 10,018 44,847 33,835
Mar 189,596 146,066 103,267 80,072 17,010 11,106 69,319 54,888
Apr 247,024 179,740 115,301 85,949 24,700 19,891 107,023 73,900
May 384,940 275,692 181,587 121,601 46,257 35,364 157,096 118,727
Jun 423,367 361,022 195,946 161,911 42,588 33,965 184,833 165,146
Jul 391,669 303,771 207,847 156,788 35,949 24,208 147,873 122,775
Aug 410,555 318,771 203,986 149,567 43,131 26,423 163,438 142,781
Sep 345,143 254,231 177,340 122,403 30,963 17,708 136,840 114,120
Oct 314,377 224,983 178,695 122,499 20,313 11,246 115,369 91,238
Nov 302,874 217,255 164,022 110,826 26,476 14,335 112,376 92,094
Dec 304,046 241,515 157,890 120,043 30,437 22,316 115,719 99,156
1945                
Jan 258,254 200,454 147,467 110,568 21,330 13,777 89,457 76,109
Feb 382,377 303,032 216,050 166,696 38,391 30,161 127,936 106,175
Mar 560,087 457,204 277,259 216,955 74,585 58,228 208,243 182,021
Apr 501,592 374,398 231,678 162,362 73,225 44,516 196,689 167,520
May 254,598 17,384 130,104 7,475 38,159 1,170 86,335 8,739