Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II
Table 218 -- Housing in Continental US -- Existing Capacity and Occupied, By Air Force or Command: Quarterly, Dec 1942 to Sep 1945

(Excludes personnel authorized to live off the post. In number of occupants.)

Fifteenth of Month Existing Capacity Occupied or Reserved Percent Occupied Existing Capacity Occupied or Reserved Percent Occupied Existing Capacity Occupied or Reserved Percent Occupied
  Total Continental Air Forces First Air Force
1942                  
 Dec (23rd) 1,935,671 1,353,092 69.9 - - - 83,583 46,856 56.1
1943                  
Mar (31st) 2,367,301 1,732,249 73.2 - - - 94,866 65,575 69.1
Jun (1st) 2,322,718 1,653,720 71.2 - - - 93,544 69,721 74.5
Sep 2,401,840 1,657,821 69.0 - - - 122,808 86,721 70.6
Dec 2,351,435 1,479,120 62.9       123,770 78,727 63.6
1944                  
Mar 2,292,693 1,319,423 57.5 - - - 103,387 58,158 56.3
Jun 2,168,203 1,211,822 55.9 - - - 144,292 68,471 47.5
Sep 1,697,045 1,124.549 66.3 - - - 98,379 58,808 59.8
Dec 1,665,722 1,023,024 61.4 - - - 91,154 46,357 50.9
1945                  
Mar 1,694,498 924,985 54.6 - - - 124,326 65,726 52.9
Jun 1,686,991 891,056 52.8 601,910 323,072 53.7 Included in Continental Air Forces
Sep 1,639,770 944,483 57.6 645,464 365,170 56.6
  Second Air Force Third Air Force Fourth Air Force
1942                  
 Dec (23rd) 185,701 101,315 54.6 196,092 127,561 65.1 92,716 48,899 52.7
1943                  
Mar (31st) 200,477 122,679 61.2 238,674 165,223 69.2 122,179 72,495 59.3
Jun (1st) 235,002 147,812 62.9 259,167 172,181 66.4 122,706 79,083 64.4
Sep 271,223 173,870 64.1 254,177 160,902 63.3 138,936 82,733 59.5
Dec 299,110 154,471 51.6 240,365 149,121 62.0 154,950 81,626 52.7
1944                  
Mar 252,056 147,243 58.4 233,859 131,229 56.1 166,843 80,570 48.3
Jun 244,665 146,466 59.9 220,987 127,011 57.5 192,246 79,133 41.2
Sep 197,393 151,574 76.8 167,974 113,822 67.8 143,289 79,740 55.6
Dec 200,964 138,157 68.7 165,663 98,867 59.7 135,008 69,861 51.7
1945                  
Mar 179,158 105,448 58.9 138,251 81,711 59.1 147,734 75,588 51.2
Jun Included in Continental Air Forces Included in Continental Air Forces Included in Continental Air Forces
Sep
  I Troop Carrier Command Training Command Air Technical Service Command
1942                  
 Dec (23rd) 59,298 23,156 39.1 1,063,272 834,634 78.5 166,159 107,149 64.5
1943                  
Mar (31st) 67,138 30,550 45.5 1,302,127 1,035,106 79.5 218,885 148,045 67.6
Jun (1st) 56,384 34,894 61.9 1,262,182 925,629 73.3 183,221 133,156 72.7
Sep 52,223 38,911 74.5 1,247,957 885,095 70.9 180,220 132,150 73.3
Dec 52,404 34,110 65.1 1,160,244 803,052 69.2 178,394 84,949 47.6
1944                  
Mar 55,081 29,231 53.1 1,117,577 705,289 63.1 205,452 75,626 36.8
Jun 55,881 31,797 56.9 948,527 583,354 61.5 214,480 85,562 39.9
Sep 42,690 31,723 74.3 708,508 490,343 69.2 158,407 82,666 52.2
Dec 36,948 29,045 78.6 654,440 449,914 68.6 171,735 70,489 41.0
1945                  
Mar 37,895 24,678 65.1 608,646 407,419 66.9 214,709 53,751 25.0
Jun Included in Continental Air Forces 564,645 383,680 68.0 252,348 62,370 24.7
Sep 522,965 349,285 66.8 223,596 73,761 33.0
  Air Transport Command Personnel Distribution Command Other a
1942                  
 Dec (23rd) 36,253 28,956 79.9 - - - 52,597 34,566 65.7
1943                  
Mar (31st) 53,388 43,171 80.9 - - - 69,567 49,405 71.0
Jun (1st) 52,513 40,880 77.8 - - - 57,999 50,364 86.8
Sep 65,890 43,070 65.3 - - - 68,316 54,369 79.6
Dec 69,664 48,500 69.6 - - - 72,534 44,564 61.4
1944                  
Mar 86,305 53,878 62.4 - - - 72,133 38,199 53.0
Jun 87,490 58,454 66.8 9,648 6,054 62.7 49,987 25,520 51.1
Sep 74,232 55,220 74.4 68,282 36,433 53.4 37,891 24,220 63.9
Dec 81,932 62,126 75.8 94,227 40,541 43.0 33,651 18,568 55.2
1945                  
Mar 84,605 53,412 63.1 127,150 39,596 31.1 32,024 17,656 55.1
Jun 99,183 62,030 62.5 135,945 39,236 28.9 32,960 20,668 62.7
Sep 101,896 77,114 75.7 117,569 62,368 53.0 28,280 16,785 59.4

 a Includes AAF Center and Commanding General, AAF.