Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 204 -- Airplanes Assigned to Air Transport Command, By Type and Principal Model, and Airplanes Lost: Dec 1942 to Aug 1945

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Total		 Transports Combat
Airplanes		 Trainers Other
Airplanes		 Airplanes Lost
Total C-87
a		 C-54 C-69 C-46 DC-3 Other
b
1942 NOT
AVAILABLE		 N O T     A V A I L A B L E
Dec 47 23 - 26 250
1943  
Mar 71 30 - 86 335
Jun 91 41 - 173 338
Sep 1,258 976 118 57 - 207 353 241 116 120 46 30
Oct 1,316 968 120 64 - 186 359 239 143 154 51 14
Nov 1,467 1,027 118 67 - 223 362 257 205 164 71 28
Dec 1,537 1,064 112 76 - 247 347 282 230 165 78 31
1944  
Jan 1,622 1,136 134 84 - 266 346 306 246 151 89 38
Feb 1,795 1,221 156 94 - 276 343 352 276 193 105 32
Mar 1,900 1,300 148 102 - 329 367 354 292 199 109 36
Apr 2,098 1,470 160 114 - 415 416 365 291 227 110 17
May 2,308 1,668 173 132 - 499 520 344 325 205 110 35
Jun 2,491 1,834 182 151 - 540 615 346 351 210 96 39
Jul 2,623 2,000 182 175 - 634 679 330 335 208 80 31
Aug 2,588 2,016 179 203 - 620 718 296 316 171 85 36
Sep 2,739 2,245 203 246 - 692 811 293 286 143 65 44
Oct 2,796 2,322 233 272 2 688 841 286 289 133 52 37
Nov 2,953 2,443 299 299 2 692 877 274 329 120 61 39
Dec 3,033 2,543 301 347 3 695 946 251 317 116 57 36
1945  
Jan 3,052 2,596 308 373 2 734 943 236 306 88 62 13
Feb 3,073 2,639 295 410 2 751 946 235 255 100 79 20
Mar 3,066 2,622 264 470 2 753 920 213 246 116 82 21
Apr 3,096 2656 265 533 3 753 907 195 244 108 88 12
May 3,349 2,912 234 598 4
Jun 3,504 3,037 225 694 4 762 1,188 164 281 101 85 18
Jul 3,619 3,123 213 772 6 744 1,243 145 282 105 109 13
Aug 3,705 3224 177 839 4 729 1,341 134 272 93 116 30

a - Includes C-109, LB-30 and B-24.

b - Primarily utility transports.

c - From Sep 1943 through Dec 1944 all airplanes other than those lost in ferrying operations are include; from Jan through Jul 1945, only airplanes assigned to ATC are included.

Source: Air Transport Command, Office of Statistical Control.