Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II
Table 213 -- Aircraft Accidents in Continental US -- Number and Rate: Dec 1941 to Aug 1945

(Rates are per 100,000 flying hours.)

Year and Month

 All accidents Fatal Accidents Fatalities Aircraft Wrecked
Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
Grand Total 52,651 55 6,039 6 14,903 16 13,873 15
Annually                
1941 (Dec) 341 92 38 10 78 21 70 19
1942 10,090 71 1,116 8 2,384 17 2,476 17
1943 20,390 64 2,264 7 5,603 17 5,024 16
1944 16,128 45 1,936 5 4,973 14 4,663 13
1945
(Jan-Aug)		 5,702 43 685 5 1,865 14 1,640 12
Monthly                
1941                
Dec 341 92 38 10 78 21 70 19
1942                
Jan 521 82 57 9 104 16 115 18
Feb 462 71 57 9 94 14 119 18
Mar 623 71 71 8 134 15 148 17
Apr 648 71 76 8 156 17 172 19
May 746 73 95 9 197 19 201 20
Jun 793 72 70 6 129 12 186 17
Jul 1,054 82 98 8 218 17 221 17
Aug 979 73 103 7 209 16 231 17
Sep 1,063 74 121 8 302 21 279 19
Oct 999 63 121 8 286 18 261 16
Nov 1,093 65 120 7 244 15 276 17
Dec 1,109 65 127 7 312 18 267 16
1943                
Jan 1,339 67 168 8 432 22 363 18
Feb 1,327 71 155 8 397 21 320 17
Mar 1,497 69 209 10 447 21 405 19
Apr 1,599 68 152 6 353 15 340 15
May 1,763 76 214 9 548 24 459 20
Jun 1,830 68 191 7 462 17 432 16
Jul 1,933 66 207 7 544 18 483 16
Aug 2,045 65 215 7 590 19 487 15
Sep 1,765 58 215 7 581 19 446 15
Oct 1,859 55 198 6 513 15 443 13
Nov 1,732 54 171 5 345 11 426 13
Dec 1,701 57 169 6 391 13 420 14
1944                
Jan 1,798 51 227 6 566 16 483 14
Feb 1,533 53 154 5 460 16 389 13
Mar 1,809 51 181 5 464 13 479 13
Apr 1,520 47 159 5 357 11 385 12
May 1,672 46 199 5 431 12 483 13
Jun 1,516 46 177 5 374 11 463 14
Jul 1,398 44 189 6 459 14 466 15
Aug 1,247 42 142 5 382 13 358 12
Sep 1,098 41 132 5 358 13 351 13
Oct 1,018 37 142 5 393 14 325 12
Nov 750 37 114 6 357 18 240 12
Dec 769 42 120 7 372 21 241 13
1945                
Jan 814 39 115 5 312 15 241 12
Feb 651 41 70 4 186 12 184 12
Mar 849 44 98 5 254 13 245 13
Apr 736 44 91 5 254 15 196 12
May 739 42 74 4 222 13 195 11
Jun 729 46 91 6 230 14 222 14
Jul 664 43 90 6 251 16 203 13
Aug 520 46 56 5 156 14 154 14

Source: Office of Flying Safety