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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 |
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