Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 1 -- Combat Groups Overseas by Location and in Continental US by State of Training, By Type of Group: Dec 1941 to Aug 1945

(Figures are as of end of month.)

Location and
Type of Group		 1944 1945
Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Total 238 241 241 242 242 243 243 243 237 228 228 213
Very
Heavy Bomb		 24 24 24 25 25 25 26 26 26 28 37 40
Heavy Bomb 73 1/2 73 1/2 73 1/2 73 1/2 73 1/2 73 1/2 72 1/2 72 1/2 70 1/2 60 51 35
Medium &
Light Bomb		 28 1/2 28 1/2 28 1/2 28 1/2 28 1/2 28 1/2 28 1/2 28 1/2 28 1/2 28 28 27
Fighter 66 71 71 71 71 71 71 71 71 71 71 70
Troop Carrier 31 31 31 31 31 32 32 32 28 28 28 28
Reconnaissance 15 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
                         
Overseas Total 20 210 213 214 216 219 223 224 204 183 165 155
Very Heavy Bomb 4 8 8 10 12 14 16 16 18 18 21 23
Heavy Bomb 73 1/2 73 1/2 73 1/2 72 1/2 72 1/2 72 1/2 72 1/2 70 1/2 52 1/2 33 24 25
Medium & Light Bomb 27 1/2 27 1/2 27 1/2 27 1/2 26 1/2 26 1/2 26 1/2 26 1/2 27 1/2 26 19 17
Fighter 63 63 63 63 64 64 65 67 67 67 68 61
Troop Carrier 26 27 30 30 30 31 31 32 27 27 21 19
Reconnaissance 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 10
                         
Versus Germany - Total 149 149 144 148 147 147 148 147 124 103 81 69
Heavy Bomb 62 62 62 61 61 61 61 59 41 21 12 12
Medium & Light Bomb 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 9 8
Fighter 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 38
Troop Carrier 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 13 13 7 5
Reconnaissance 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 6
                         
Versus Japan -
Total		 56 61 64 66 69 72 75 77 80 80 84 86
Very Heavy Bomb 4 8 8 10 12 14 16 16 18 18 21 23
Heavy Bomb 11 1/2 11 1/2 11 1/2 11 1/2 11 1/2 11 1/2 11 1/2 11 1/2 11 1/2 12 12 13
Medium &
Light Bomb		 9 1/2 9 1/2 9 1/2 9 1/2 9 1/2 9 1/2 9 1/2 9 1/2 10 1/2 10 10 9
Fighter 18 18 18 18 19 19 20 22 22 22 23 23
Troop Carrier 9 10 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
Reconnaissance 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
                         
Latin America & Atlantic Bases -
Total		 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Medium &
Light Bomb		 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Fighter - - - - - - - - - - - -
                         
Continental US - Total 33 31 28 28 26 24 20 19 33 45 63 58
Very
Heavy Bomb		 20 16 16 15 13 11 10 10 8 10 16 17
Heavy Bomb - - - 1 1 1 - 2 18 27 27 10
Medium &
Light Bomb		 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 9 10
Fighter 3 8 8 8 7 7 6 4 4 4 3 9
Troop Carrier 5 4 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 7 9
Reconnaissance 4 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3
                         
Operational Training - Total b 14 3/4 13 14 17 17 17 17 16 30 42 49 54
Very
Heavy Bomb		 10 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 8 10 16 17
Heavy Bomb - - - 1 1 1 - 2 18 27 27 10
Medium &
Light Bomb		 3/4 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 9 10
Fighter - 1 5 6 5 5 4 2 2 2 1 7
Troop Carrier 4 3 - - - - 1 - 1 1 6 8
Reconnaissance - - - - - - - - - - - -
                         
Manning Phase - Total 11 1/4 13 9  6  4 2 - - - - - -
Very
Heavy Bomb		 10 8 8 6 4 2 - - - - - -
Heavy Bomb - - - - - - - - - - - -
Medium &
Light Bomb		 1/4 - - - - - - - - - - -
Fighter 1 5 1 - - - - - - - - -
Troop Carrier - - - - - - - - - - - -
                         
Strategic Reserve - Total c 7 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 4 4
Heavy Bomb - - - - - - - - - - - -
Medium &
Light Bomb		 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Fighter 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Troop Carrier 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - 1 1
Reconnaissance 4 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
 
NOTES:
a - Includes groups enroute to Continental US.
b - Includes groups returned to Continental US for redeployment training and those enroute to overseas theaters.
c - Includes groups in Continental Defense, replacement training units, and parent operational training units.