Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II
Table 189 -- Gasoline Consumption of Airplanes with Units of Far East Air Forces, By Type of Airplane: Dec 1941 to Aug 1945
(In thousands of gallons)
| Year and Month | Total | Heavy Bomber | Medium & Light Bomber | Fighter |
| Grand Total | 290,016 | 142,136 | 65,569 | 82,311 |
| Annually | ||||
| 1941(Dec) | 208 | 110 | - | 98 |
| 1942 | 8,911 | 4,216 | 2,135 | 2,560 |
| 1943 | 54,812 | 24,635 | 10,945 | 19,232 |
| 1944 | 126,656 | 61,275 | 31,159 | 34,222 |
| 1945 (Jan-Aug) |
99,429 | 51,900 | 21,330 | 26,199 |
| Monthly | ||||
| 1941 | ||||
| Dec | 208 | 110 | - | 98 |
| 1942 | ||||
| Jan | 309 | 110 | - | 199 |
| Feb | 426 | 148 | - | 278 |
| Mar | 470 | 148 | 21 | 301 |
| Apr | 586 | 185 | 116 | 285 |
| May | 654 | 222 | 188 | 244 |
| Jun | 675 | 259 | 217 | 199 |
| Jul | 748 | 333 | 229 | 186 |
| Aug | 884 | 481 | 254 | 149 |
| Sep | 891 | 481 | 261 | 149 |
| Oct | 1,006 | 519 | 298 | 189 |
| Nov | 1,121 | 646 | 285 | 190 |
| Dec | 1,141 | 684 | 266 | 191 |
| 1943 | ||||
| Jan | 1,788 | 933 | 318 | 537 |
| Feb | 1,347 | 853 | 175 | 319 |
| Mar | 2,033 | 1,156 | 202 | 675 |
| Apr | 2,331 | 1,010 | 192 | 1,129 |
| May | 2,670 | 1,342 | 358 | 970 |
| Jun | 3,264 | 1,554 | 476 | 1,234 |
| Jul | 4,713 | 2,157 | 1,094 | 1,462 |
| Aug | 5,724 | 2,450 | 1,015 | 2,259 |
| Sep | 7,017 | 2,615 | 1,185 | 3,217 |
| Oct | 6,962 | 2,710 | 1,693 | 2,559 |
| Nov | 7,767 | 3,625 | 1,824 | 2,318 |
| Dec | 9,196 | 4,230 | 2,413 | 2,553 |
| 1944 | ||||
| Jan | 8,543 | 3,562 | 1,998 | 2,983 |
| Feb | 8,789 | 3841 | 2,123 | 2,825 |
| Mar | 10,084 | 4,725 | 2,471 | 2,888 |
| Apr | 9,934 | 4,754 | 2,783 | 2,397 |
| May | 11,146 | 5,592 | 2,864 | 2,690 |
| Jun | 10,884 | 5,134 | 2,823 | 2,927 |
| Jul | 10,094 | 5,518 | 2,298 | 2,278 |
| Aug | 9,454 | 5,268 | 1,966 | 2,220 |
| Sep | 11,813 | 5,726 | 2,916 | 3,171 |
| Oct | 11,790 | 5,611 | 2,933 | 3,246 |
| Nov | 12,307 | 5,834 | 3,240 | 3,233 |
| Dec | 11,818 | 5,710 | 2,744 | 3,364 |
| 1945 | ||||
| Jan | 14,133 | 6,684 | 3,497 | 3,952 |
| Feb | 11,720 | 5,863 | 2,399 | 3,458 |
| Mar | 13,553 | 6,752 | 3,111 | 3,690 |
| Apr | 12,958 | 7,160 | 2,315 | 3,483 |
| May | 14,625 | 7,997 | 3,353 | 3,275 |
| Jun | 15,845 | 9,417 | 2,909 | 3,519 |
| Jul | 9,686 | 4,799 | 2,201 | 2,686 |
| Aug | 6,909 | 3,228 | 1,545 | 2,136 |
