Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 50 -- Technical Training Graduates, By Type of Course: 3rd Quarter 1939 to 3rd Quarter 1945

Course Grand
Total		 1939
(Jul-
Dec)		 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945
(Jul-
Aug)		 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945
1st
Qtr		 2nd
Qtr		 1st
Qtr		 2nd
Qtr		 3rd
Qtr		 4th
Qtr		 1st
Qtr		 2nd
Qtr		 3rd
Qtr		 4th
Qtr		 1st
Qtr		 2nd
Qtr		 3rd
Qtr		 4th
Qtr		 1st
Qtr		 2nd
Qtr		 3rd
Qtr		 4th
Qtr		 1st
Qtr		 2nd
Qtr		 3rd
Qtr		 4th
Qtr		 1st
Qtr		 2nd
Qtr		 3rd
Qtr

Total

 1,436,744 1,588 14,375 43,028 286,411 615,628 311,330 164,384 369 1,219 3,481 4,414 3,475 3,005 4,215 9,772 12,188 16,853 18,850 57,597 79,324 130,640 178,173 187,986 149,095 100,374 100,398 66,792 71,788 72,352 62,855 60,149 41,380
Officers &
Officer Candidates
Total 		125,984 - - 1,402 30,802 40,385 27,812 25,583 - - - - - - - 360 345 697 916 3,534 10,920 15,432 11,898 11,302 9,617 7,568 8,044 7,046 5,807 6,915 7,779 10,488 7,316
Administrative 52,780 - - - 24,856 21,959 5,079 886 - - - - - - - - - - - 2,860 9,220 12,776 9,783 6,690 2,943 2,543 2,555 811 1,110 603 260 343 283
Armament 5,266 - - 356 1,425 1,678 823 984 - - - - - - - 38 92 226 279 333 411 402 311 627 502 238 128 94 331 270 282 433 269
Cold Weather Flying 84 - - - - 34 25 25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 34 25 - - - 18 7 -
Communications 12,172 - - 237 1,582 3,869 5,450 1,034 - - - - - - - 61 62 114 172 116 492 802 453 1,384 1,183 885 2,334 1,314 728 1,074 267 506 261
Cryptography 942 - - - - 294 361 287 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 100 77 117 61 115 107 78 154 124 9
Emergency Rescue Boat 13 - - - - - 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 - - 5 - - -
Engineering Total 31,630 - - 571 1,828 6,980 8,808 13,443 - - - - - - - 97 191 283 289 125 639 775 959 1,595 2,354 2,072 1,820 2,524 1,712 2,752 3,923 5,566 3,954
Engineering Maintenance Cadets 5,812 - - 571 888 2,521 1,783 49 - - - - - - - 97 191 283 289 87 346 166 - 391 1,332 798 465 485 391 442 49 - -
Engineering Officer Maintenance 15,467 - - - 934 3,068 4,278 7,187 - - - - - - - - - - - 38 293 603 720 945 589 814 820 1,482 1,099 877 1,951 3,132 2,104
Flight Officer 7,766 - - - - 388 1,652 5,726 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 196 186 259 268 - 1,125 1,663 2,249 1,814
Pre-Flight Engineer 1,095 - - - - - 1,095 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 276 289 222 308 - - -
Weight & Balance Control 1,490 - - - 6 1,003 - 481 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 239 253 237 274 - - - - 260 185 36
Helicopter Training 5 - - - - - - 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5
Link Trainer 236 - - - 12 84 99 41 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 14 14 26 30 23 18 23 35 13 25 3
Navigator Bombardier Radar 990 - - - - - 990 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 159 248 466 117 - - -
Navigator Instructor Radar 62 - - - - - 62 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 44 18 - - -
Photography 2,235 - - 126 475 1,027 537 70 - - - - - - - 52 - 74 23 98 145 209 225 381 189 232 119 270 53 95 27 28 15
Radar - Total 13,569 - - - 54 662 4,248 8,605 - - - - - - - - - - 4 1 13 36 152 168 - 342 351 930 1,169 1,798 2,785 3,367 2,453
Air Radar 580 - - - - - 226 354 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 68 158 165 129 60
Air Radar (MIT) 390 - - - - 38 167 185 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 38 34 59 41 33 58 77 50
Radar Air Intelligence 712 - - - - 108 324 280 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 108 64 121 50 89 105 88 87
Radar Maintenance 273 - - - 31 52 41 149 - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 22 13 39 - - - - 13 28 39 79 31
Radar Observer Bomb (BTO) 7,623 - - - - - 1,882 5,741 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 728 1,154 1,873 2,104 1,764
Radar Observer Night Fighter Cadets 1,087 - - - 5 120 687 275 - - - - - - - - - - 4 1 - - - - - 120 100 392 112 83 72 125 78
Radar Observer (RCM) 524 - - - - 38 427 59 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 38 91 94 62 180 33 26 -
Other 2,380 - - - 18 306 494 1,562 - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 14 139 129 - 38 62 264 95 73 440 739 383
Rescue Artic 76 - - - - 66 1 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 66 1 - - - - 6 3
Weather 5,924 - - 112 570 3,732 1,316 194 - - - - - - - 112 - - 149 - - 421 1 379 2,343 1,009 460 722 64 70 50 83 61
                                                                   
Enlisted Men - Total 1,310,760 1,588 14,375 41,626 255,609 575,243 283,518 138,801 369 1,219 3,481 4,414 3,475 3,005 4,215 9,412 11,843 16,156 17,934 54,063 68,404 115,208 166,275 176,684 139,478 92,806 92,354 59,746 65,981 65,437 55,076 49,661 34,064
Aircraft Maintenance 695,866 872 8,932 27,407 159,903 299,042 128,849 70,861 236 636 2,108 2,749 2,114 1,961 2,886 6,385 8,049 10,087 10,347 38,057 46,744 64,755 89,564 86,118 74,586 48,774 48,837 26,914 27,279 25,819 25,858 25,753 19,250
Armament 158,766 191 1,396 3,927 26,895 79,461 38,553 8,343 44 147 363 435 350 248 362 727 958 1,880 2,951 4,162 6,314 13,468 17,507 30,639 20,432 10,883 8,150 12,605 9,412 8,386 3,585 2,643 2,115
Communications 222,223 292 2,148 5,825 35,642 90,199 65,238 22,879 57 235 563 689 658 238 384 1,388 1,548 2,505 2,590 7,199 7,357 18,496 27,731 23,169 20,830 18,469 25,233 10,839 16,077 13,089 10,214 8,559 4,106
Emergency Rescue Boat 414 - - - - 297 69 48 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 72 225 52 - - 17 35 13 -
Photography 15,0805 118 498 871 3,487 7,606 2,172 1,053 23 95 142 173 125 58 130 175 145 421 317 449 577 2,144 2,411 2,500 1,559 1,136 872 490 347 463 540 376 137
Radar 71,854 - - - 2,634 7,816 34,082 27,322 - - - - - - - - - - 158 660 594 1,222 2,878 2,272 85 2,581 3,059 6,796 9,848 14,379 13,637 9,469 4,216
Weather 18,513 14 238 803 3,092 9,116 4,856 394 - 14 17 80 10 131 120 145 243 295 372 544 824 1,352 1,617 1,267 4,231 2,001 3,454 1,294 51 57 157 127 110
Other 127,319 101 1,163 2,793 23,956 81,706 9,699 7,901 9 92 288 288 218 369 333 592 900 968 1,199 2,992 5,994 13,771 24,567 30,719 17,683 8,737 2,697 808 2,967 3,227 1,050 2,721 4,130