Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II
Table 186 -- Gasoline Consumption of Airplanes with Units in European Theater of Operations, By Type of Airplane: Aug 1942 to May 1945
(In thousands of gallons)
| Year and Month | Total | Heavy Bomber | Medium & Light Bomber | Fighter |
| Grand Total | 1,155,412 | 846,585 | 100,357 | 208,470 |
| Annually | ||||
| 1942 (Aug-Dec) | 3,705 | 3,602 | - | 103 |
| 1943 | 87,517 | 70,009 | 6,950 | 10,558 |
| 1944 | 685,366 | 499,433 | 54,088 | 131,845 |
| 1945 (Jan-May) |
378,824 | 273,541 | 39,319 | 65,964 |
| Monthly | ||||
| 1942 | ||||
| Aug | 295 | 274 | - | 21 |
| Sep | 464 | 439 | - | 25 |
| Oct | 736 | 710 | - | 26 |
| Nov | 1,314 | 1,303 | - | 11 |
| Dec | 896 | 876 | - | 20 |
| 1943 | ||||
| Jan | 1,263 | 1,234 | - | 29 |
| Feb | 1,387 | 1,318 | 9 | 60 |
| Mar | 2,119 | 2,035 | 17 | 67 |
| Apr | 2,070 | 1,872 | 34 | 164 |
| May | 5,299 | 4,528 | 19 | 752 |
| Jun | 5,627 | 4,930 | - | 697 |
| Jul | 9,957 | 8,780 | 368 | 809 |
| Aug | 7,927 | 5,656 | 1,320 | 951 |
| Sep | 11,295 | 8,181 | 1,747 | 1,367 |
| Oct | 11,096 | 8,678 | 942 | 1,476 |
| Nov | 12,446 | 9,531 | 1,113 | 1,802 |
| Dec | 17,031 | 13,266 | 1,381 | 2,384 |
| 1944 | ||||
| Jan | 18,354 | 13,993 | 1,153 | 3,208 |
| Feb | 26,501 | 19,641 | 2,470 | 4,390 |
| Mar | 35,973 | 26,284 | 3,015 | 6,674 |
| Apr | 45,363 | 31,019 | 4,394 | 9,950 |
| May | 74,008 | 51,036 | 7,331 | 15,641 |
| Jun | 81,341 | 57,205 | 6,848 | 17,288 |
| Jul | 79,701 | 58,636 | 5,950 | 15,115 |
| Aug | 77.951 | 57,230 | 5,977 | 14,744 |
| Sep | 64,754 | 47,627 | 4,852 | 12,275 |
| Oct | 68,445 | 53,786 | 3,289 | 11,370 |
| Nov | 59,082 | 44,283 | 3,938 | 10,816 |
| Dec | 53,893 | 38,693 | 4,826 | 10,374 |
| 1945 | ||||
| Jan | 55,448 | 43,757 | 3,630 | 8,061 |
| Feb | 78,298 | 60,162 | 6,379 | 11,757 |
| Mar | 110,025 | 77,497 | 12,372 | 20,156 |
| Apr | 91,769 | 62,536 | 11,213 | 18,020 |
| May | 43,284 | 29,589 | 5,725 | 7,970 |
