Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 51 -- Technical Training Eliminees and Fatalities, 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

 255,495 220 1,042 5,480 28,153 96,035 77,265 47,300 38 182 157 287 228 370 409 1,206 1,378 2,487 5,010 4,701 7,414 11,028 23,119 24,828 27,785 20,303 32,341 9,546 11,401 23,977 21,761 17598 7,941
Officers &
Officer Candidates
Total 		16,948 - - 46 2,301 5,840 4,694 4,067 - - - - - - 2 8 19 17 37 220 763 1,281 1,701 999 2,115 1,025 1,245 740 682 2,027 1,74 1,197 1,125
Administrative 6,512 - - - 1,955 3,200 1,010 347 - - - - - - - - - - - 99 696 1,160 1,380 588 648 584 592 117 180 121 35 252 60
Armament 697 - - 18 226 292 74 87 - - - - - - - 4 8 6 23 107 37 59 7 8 267 10 3 26 28 17 25 31 31
Cold Weather Flying 16 - - - - 6 - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - - - 10 - -
Communications 1,728 - - 7 37 207 1,091 386 - - - - - - - - 5 2 7 - 7 23 16 53 64 74 296 289 297 209 29 329 28
Cryptography 56 - - - - 48 5 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 35 2 - - 1 4 - 3 -
Emergency Rescue Boat 3 - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 2 - - - -
Engineering Total 1,869 - - 14 26 123 392 1,314 - - - - - - 2 3 3 6 2 3 2 19 3 36 33 51 109 79 83 121 248 462 604
Engineering Maintenance Cadets 270 - - 14 7 51 198 - - - - - - - 2 3 3 6 2 3 1 1 - 5 12 34 26 45 63 64 - - -
Engineering Officer Maintenance 506 - - - 19 52 96 339 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 18 2 25 15 10 9 25 18 44 84 82 173
Flight Officer 692 - - - - 19 87 586 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 6 7 72 8 2 5 86 297 203
Pre-Flight Engineer 382 - - - - - 3 379 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 77 80 222
Weight & Balance Control 19 - - - - 1 8 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 2 1 - 5 1 3 6
Link Trainer 3 - - - - 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - - - 1
Navigator Bombardier Radar 24 - - - - - 24 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 2 16 4 - - -
Navigator Instructor Radar 4 - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - -
Photography 168 - - 3 7 28 118 12 - - - - - - - 1 2 - - 3 2 2 4 6 6 12 8 55 35 20 2 3 7
Radar - Total 3,868 - - - - 232 1,755 1,881 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 114 75 - 43 63 132 38 1,522 1,396 106 379
Air Radar 63 - - - - - 22 41 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 7 27 10 4
Air Radar (MIT) 8 - - - - - 6 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 1 - 2 1 1 -
Radar Air Intelligence 56 - - - - 9 24 23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 8 7 8 1 2 4 17
Radar Maintenance 13 - - - - - - 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 1 5
Radar Observer Bomb (BTO) 2,586 - - - - - 1,341 1,245 - - - - - - - - - - -                            
Radar Observer Night Fighter Cadets 71 - - - - 22 44 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 5 1,334 1,067 50 128
Radar Observer (RCM) 38 - - - - 2 28 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22 21 12 7 4 1 - 4
Other 1,033 - - - - 199 290 544 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 14 11 3 - 2 6 -
Rescue Artic 85 - - - - 26 52 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 114 75 - 10 17 99 - 174 289 34 221
Weather 1,915 - - 4 50 1,677 165 19 - - - - - - - - 1 3 5 - - - - - - 26 52 - - - - 6 1
                                        8 19 18 177 222 1,061 217 120 39 1 5 - 5 14
Enlisted Men - Total 238,547 220 1,042 5,434 25,852 90,195 72,571 43,233 38 182 157 287 228 370 407 1,198 1,359 2,470 4,973 4,481 6,651 9,747 21,418 23,829 25,670 19,278 31,096 8,806 10,719 21,95- 20,016 16,401 6,816
Aircraft Maintenance 68,614 135 64 2,428 12,581 20,678 20,037 12,111 16 119 98 182 113 251 232 583 527 1,086 2,752 2,780 3,577 3,472 4,683 5,455 6,526 4,014 9,908 1,442 1,538 7,149 5,618 4,341 2,152
Armament 31,830 28 69 884 3,455 9,528 11,715 6,151 14 14 15 26 14 14 40 92 200 552 935 788 920 812 2,780 2,039 2,130 2,579 2,031 1,317 995 7,372 4,285 731 1,135
Communications 106,027 34 169 1,595 5,893 44,267 34,257 19,812 7 27 18 44 62 45 89 414 531 561 1,079 556 1,341 2,917 9,063 12,422 12,523 10,259 17,192 5,122 6,902 5,041 8,161 9,442 2,209
Emergency Rescue Boat 239 - - - - 224 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 153 71 14 - - 1 - - -
Photography 1,755 4 13 60 178 1,022 168 310 1 3 1 4 2 6 15 9 6 30 20 25 44 89 229 369 283 141 81 28 28 31 84 164 62
Radar 12,230 - - - 1,029 3,599 4,304 3,298 - - - - - - - - - - 6 135 154 734 2,312 614 8 665 746 753 1,146 1,660 1,608 982 708
Weather 5,755 14 57 268 450 4,360 586 20 - 14 3 9 15 30 11 53 55 149 48 73 114 215 311 838 2,358 853 508 65 13 - 5 3 12
Other 12,097 5 90 199 2,266 6,517 1,489 1,531 - 5 22 22 22 24 20 47 40 92 133 124 501 1,508 2,040 2,092 1,689 696 616 80 97 696 255 738 538