Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 181 -- Flying Time of Airplanes With Units in Alaska, By Type of Airplane: Jan 1942 to Aug 1945

Year
and
Month

 By All Types By Heavy
Bombers		 By Medium &
Light Bombers		 By Fighters
Total Combat Total Combat Total Combat Total Combat
Grand Total 110,587 25,096 23,415 14,734 21,225 7,485 65,947 2,877
Annually  
1942 6,237 3,647 4,249 2,845 1,007 388 981 414
1943 32,827 10,003 7,750 4,453 9,887 3,436 15,190 2,114
1944 38,894 6,056 6,104 3,712 6,087 1,995 26,703 349
1945
(Jan-Aug)		 32,629 5,390 5,312 3,724 4,244 1,666 23,073 -
Monthly  
1942
Jan 74 25 - - 42 16 32 9
Feb 83 28 - - 42 16 41 12
Mar 79 31 - - 50 20 29 11
Apr 77 34 - - 50 20 27 14
May 110 55 21 18 59 23 30 14
Jun 440 264 290 201 84 32 66 31
Jul 645 389 467 313 100 39 78 37
Aug 849 508 638 419 100 39 111 50
Sep 887 531 673 442 100 39 114 50
Oct 951 570 694 467 100 39 157 64
Nov 931 554 658 445 119 45 154 64
Dec 1,111 658 808 540 161 60 142 58
1943  
Jan 1,839 495 794 251 750 149 295 95
Feb 2,115 671 794 281 780 286 541 104
Mar 2,592 1,394 794 721 720 395 1,078 278
Apr 4,396 1,742 704 830 810 551 2,882 361
May 3,044 1,726 764 788 990 657 1,290 281
Jun 2,480 870 794 411 930 365 756 94
Jul 3,330 1,200 846 512 1,560 414 924 274
Aug 3,175 1,559 656 533 1,230 499 1,289 527
Sep 3,394 209 525 80 1,023 120 1,846 9
Oct 2,486 82 561 - 408 - 1,517 82
Nov 2,124 9 300 - 342 - 1,482 9
Dec 1,852 46 218 46 344 - 1,290 -
1944  
Jan 2,214 - 394 - 330 - 1,490 -
Feb 2,178 59 370 59 165 - 1,643 -
Mar 1,886 376 480 354 229 22 1,177 -
Apr 3,438 548 597 423 788 30 2,053 95
May 3,735 436 479 215 749 221 2,507 -
Jun 3,280 606 576 269 545 237 2,159 -
Jul 1,814 298 189 95 219 73 1,406 130
Aug 2,722 609 437 258 571 270 1,714 81
Sep 5,150 1,011 731 497 854 491 3,565 23
Oct 5,691 987 913 697 833 270 3,945 20
Nov 2,732 785 597 535 309 250 1,826 -
Dec 4,054 341 341 210 495 131 3,218 -
1945  
Jan 3,619 560 494 334 450 226 2,675 -
Feb 4,357 540 596 337 699 203 3,062 -
Mar 3,970 846 714 518 608 328 2,648 -
Apr 5,596 799 736 458 645 341 4,215 -
May 5,373 780 807 605 563 175 4,003 -
Jun 4,422 888 767 635 577 253 3,078 -
Jul 3,787 702 774 562 573 140 2,440 -
Aug 1,505 275 424 275 129 - 952 -