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Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II |
Table 214 -- Airplane Accidents in Continental US, By
Principal Model of Airplane - Number and Rate: 1942 to 1945
(Rates are per 100,000 flying hours.)
| Year |
B-29 |
B-17 |
B-24 |
B-25 |
B-26 |
A-20 |
A-26 |
A-36 |
P-38 |
P-39 |
P-40 |
P-47 |
P-51 |
| Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All Accidents |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Number |
272 |
1,589 |
1,713 |
921 |
739 |
728 |
181 |
226 |
1,403 |
1,934 |
3,569 |
3,049 |
824 |
| Rate |
40 |
30 |
35 |
33 |
55 |
131 |
57 |
274 |
139 |
245 |
188 |
127 |
105 |
| Fatal Accidents |
63 |
284 |
490 |
233 |
223 |
167 |
29 |
24 |
337 |
369 |
324 |
404 |
131 |
| Fatalities |
461 |
1,757 |
2,796 |
936 |
993 |
303 |
77 |
24 |
379 |
395 |
350 |
455 |
137 |
| Airplanes Wrecked |
119 |
479 |
746 |
446 |
408 |
331 |
50 |
69 |
758 |
865 |
967 |
1,125 |
358 |
| 1942 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All Accidents |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Number |
- |
146 |
123 |
151 |
165 |
219 |
- |
9 |
247 |
414 |
798 |
106 |
3 |
| Rate |
- |
55 |
75 |
104 |
162 |
206 |
- |
409 |
234 |
351 |
507 |
245 |
102 |
| Fatal Accidents |
- |
28 |
31 |
39 |
52 |
47 |
- |
2 |
67 |
80 |
78 |
13 |
1 |
| Fatalities |
- |
183 |
165 |
185 |
249 |
88 |
- |
2 |
76 |
83 |
94 |
14 |
1 |
| Airplanes Wrecked |
- |
46 |
46 |
66 |
88 |
87 |
- |
3 |
124 |
171 |
202 |
41 |
1 |
| 1943 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All Accidents |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Number |
5 |
539 |
457 |
284 |
304 |
282 |
2 |
193 |
503 |
904 |
1,070 |
958 |
186 |
| Rate |
72 |
39 |
39 |
44 |
65 |
155 |
a |
273 |
165 |
228 |
297 |
163 |
210 |
| Fatal Accidents |
3 |
120 |
157 |
85 |
85 |
65 |
1 |
20 |
112 |
186 |
108 |
133 |
28 |
| Fatalities |
46 |
789 |
1,023 |
376 |
382 |
127 |
2 |
20 |
132 |
193 |
111 |
145 |
30 |
| Airplanes Wrecked |
3 |
182 |
240 |
139 |
159 |
134 |
1 |
56 |
267 |
403 |
285 |
380 |
72 |
| 1944 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All Accidents |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Number |
88 |
638 |
779 |
239 |
195 |
182 |
44 |
23 |
467 |
590 |
1,280 |
1,303 |
318 |
| Rate |
59 |
25 |
33 |
24 |
37 |
78 |
84 |
248 |
128 |
228 |
127 |
122 |
111 |
| Fatal Accidents |
21 |
105 |
233 |
62 |
66 |
44 |
9 |
2 |
111 |
99 |
102 |
183 |
52 |
| Fatalities |
150 |
598 |
1,268 |
212 |
280 |
74 |
29 |
2 |
118 |
115 |
110 |
217 |
54 |
| Airplanes Wrecked |
41 |
203 |
359 |
123 |
123 |
92 |
14 |
10 |
258 |
278 |
360 |
474 |
137 |
| 1945 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All Accidents |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Number |
179 |
266 |
354 |
247 |
75 |
45 |
135 |
1 |
186 |
26 |
421 |
682 |
317 |
| Rate |
34 |
23 |
29 |
24 |
31 |
127 |
51 |
a |
78 |
156 |
115 |
94 |
79 |
| Fatal Accidents |
39 |
31 |
69 |
47 |
20 |
11 |
19 |
- |
47 |
4 |
36 |
75 |
50 |
| Fatalities |
265 |
187 |
340 |
163 |
82 |
14 |
46 |
- |
53 |
4 |
35 |
79 |
52 |
| Airplanes Wrecked |
75 |
48 |
101 |
118 |
38 |
18 |
35 |
- |
109 |
13 |
120 |
230 |
148 |
| Year |
P-63 |
F-4/5 |
F-6 |
C-46 |
C-47/53 |
C-54 |
Advanced Trainers |
Basic Trainers |
Primary Trainers |
Commications |
| Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All Accidents |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Number |
251 |
223 |
14 |
145 |
604 |
22 |
13,511 |
4,881 |
8,256 |
2,407 |
| Rate |
131 |
145 |
62 |
29 |
20 |
18 |
55 |
27 |
48 |
108 |
| Fatal Accidents |
39 |
48 |
2 |
19 |
109 |
4 |
943 |
825 |
333 |
133 |
| Fatalities |
47 |
52 |
2 |
94 |
648 |
16 |
1,888 |
1,175 |
439 |
197 |
| Airplanes Wrecked |
109 |
127 |
7 |
39 |
181 |
5 |
2,227 |
1,558 |
1,032 |
500 |
| 1942 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All Accidents |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Number |
- |
40 |
- |
2 |
49 |
1 |
2,835 |
1,200 |
1,788 |
618 |
| Rate |
- |
292 |
- |
a |
26 |
a |
78 |
32 |
45 |
432 |
| Fatal Accidents |
- |
10 |
- |
- |
14 |
- |
210 |
193 |
91 |
42 |
| Fatalities |
- |
10 |
- |
- |
93 |
- |
363 |
275 |
122 |
65 |
| Airplanes Wrecked |
- |
21 |
- |
- |
23 |
- |
473 |
326 |
286 |
132 |
| 1943 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All Accidents |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Number |
2 |
54 |
- |
24 |
212 |
1 |
4,992 |
2,262 |
4,131 |
1,202 |
| Rate |
a |
218 |
- |
59 |
31 |
38 |
64 |
31 |
54 |
130 |
| Fatal Accidents |
- |
9 |
- |
4 |
40 |
- |
327 |
387 |
159 |
59 |
| Fatalities |
- |
9 |
- |
12 |
266 |
- |
679 |
541 |
226 |
88 |
| Airplanes Wrecked |
1 |
26 |
- |
8 |
54 |
1 |
751 |
712 |
482 |
205 |
| 1944 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All Accidents |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Number |
136 |
83 |
3 |
46 |
255 |
12 |
3,964 |
1,337 |
2,086 |
477 |
| Rate |
128 |
159 |
82 |
32 |
19 |
38 |
43 |
21 |
43 |
97 |
| Fatal Accidents |
25 |
16 |
- |
5 |
41 |
2 |
292 |
219 |
68 |
26 |
| Fatalities |
27 |
18 |
- |
29 |
212 |
7 |
625 |
316 |
86 |
37 |
| Airplanes Wrecked |
69 |
46 |
2 |
11 |
78 |
2 |
739 |
473 |
232 |
120 |
| 1945 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| All Accidents |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Number |
113 |
46 |
11 |
73 |
88 |
8 |
1,720 |
82 |
251 |
110 |
| Rate |
133 |
73 |
58 |
23 |
11 |
9 |
44 |
22 |
39 |
60 |
| Fatal Accidents |
14 |
13 |
2 |
10 |
14 |
2 |
114 |
26 |
5 |
6 |
| Fatalities |
20 |
15 |
2 |
53 |
77 |
9 |
221 |
43 |
5 |
7 |
| Airplanes Wrecked |
39 |
34 |
5 |
20 |
26 |
2 |
264 |
47 |
32 |
43 |
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a Rate is less than 0.5 |
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Source: Office of Flying Safety |
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