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Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II
Table 52 -- Crews in Training in
Continental US, By Type: Dec 1942 to Aug 1945
(Prior to May 1945, excludes crews assigned from training from
training to Continental US activities. The omitted figures probably
amount to less than 2% of the total crews graduated.)
Type
of
Crew |
Grand
Total |
1942
(Dec) |
1943 |
1944 |
1945
(Jan-
Aug) |
1942 |
1943 |
1944 |
1945 |
| Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
| Total |
80,744 |
624 |
26,860 |
36,854 |
16,406 |
624 |
1,298 |
1,472 |
1,713 |
1,718 |
2,107 |
2,069 |
2,280 |
2,643 |
2,860 |
3,192 |
2,738 |
2,770 |
1,591 |
2,164 |
2,825 |
3,716 |
3,560 |
3,271 |
3,763 |
3,042 |
2,944 |
3,959 |
2,980 |
3,039 |
3,168 |
2,801 |
2,608 |
1,810 |
1,630 |
1,246 |
1,889 |
1,256 |
| Very Heavy Bomber |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| B-29 |
2,347 |
- |
- |
626 |
1,721 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
147 |
1 |
20 |
13 |
34 |
118 |
149 |
25 |
119 |
230 |
74 |
188 |
120 |
141 |
134 |
473 |
361 |
| Heavy Bomber |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
26,925 |
68 |
6,234 |
15,246 |
5,377 |
68 |
164 |
83 |
240 |
281 |
415 |
382 |
347 |
514 |
789 |
1,152 |
1,015 |
852 |
650 |
962 |
1,249 |
1,813 |
1,543 |
1,564 |
1,410 |
954 |
1,238 |
1,552 |
1,193 |
1,118 |
1,268 |
1,069 |
769 |
342 |
600 |
629 |
552 |
148 |
| B-17 |
12,217 |
68 |
2,806 |
6,802 |
2,541 |
68 |
84 |
45 |
153 |
210 |
248 |
150 |
199 |
307 |
238 |
638 |
308 |
226 |
348 |
347 |
491 |
809 |
685 |
728 |
602 |
393 |
671 |
660 |
515 |
553 |
608 |
653 |
434 |
126 |
279 |
283 |
156 |
2 |
| B-24 |
14,708 |
- |
3,428 |
8,444 |
2,836 |
- |
80 |
38 |
87 |
71 |
167 |
232 |
148 |
207 |
551 |
514 |
707 |
626 |
302 |
615 |
758 |
1,004 |
858 |
836 |
808 |
561 |
567 |
892 |
678 |
565 |
660 |
416 |
335 |
216 |
321 |
346 |
396 |
146 |
| Medium Bomber |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
5,887 |
73 |
2,170 |
2,810 |
834 |
73 |
100 |
158 |
236 |
142 |
192 |
191 |
242 |
218 |
282 |
173 |
54 |
182 |
78 |
220 |
144 |
294 |
220 |
205 |
297 |
264 |
276 |
292 |
295 |
225 |
245 |
139 |
118 |
31 |
112 |
60 |
60 |
69 |
| B-25 |
3,600 |
73 |
1,437 |
1,397 |
693 |
73 |
100 |
158 |
147 |
85 |
71 |
145 |
159 |
134 |
190 |
103 |
54 |
91 |
54 |
121 |
68 |
176 |
142 |
56 |
130 |
149 |
147 |
115 |
128 |
111 |
104 |
139 |
118 |
31 |
112 |
60 |
60 |
69 |
| B-26 |
2,287 |
- |
733 |
1,413 |
141 |
- |
- |
- |
89 |
57 |
121 |
46 |
83 |
84 |
92 |
70 |
- |
91 |
24 |
99 |
76 |
118 |
78 |
149 |
167 |
115 |
129 |
177 |
167 |
114 |
141 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Light Bomber |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
1,602 |
- |
- |
961 |
641 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
38 |
41 |
76 |
46 |
112 |
80 |
108 |
103 |
114 |
105 |
59 |
79 |
88 |
95 |
100 |
99 |
87 |
59 |
43 |
70 |
| A-20 |
1,118 |
- |
- |
894 |
224 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
38 |
41 |
76 |
46 |
112 |
80 |
90 |
99 |
100 |
105 |
59 |
48 |
38 |
35 |
37 |
36 |
35 |
- |
43 |
- |
| A-26 |
484 |
- |
- |
67 |
417 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
18 |
4 |
14 |
- |
- |
31 |
50 |
60 |
63 |
63 |
52 |
59 |
- |
70 |
| Fighter |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
36,705 |
416 |
17,122 |
13,526 |
5,641 |
416 |
995 |
1,136 |
1,191 |
1,213 |
1,331 |
1,387 |
1,565 |
1,824 |
1,661 |
1,743 |
1,490 |
1,586 |
685 |
706 |
1,052 |
1,300 |
1,411 |
1,145 |
1,653 |
1,344 |
1,058 |
1,165 |
942 |
1,065 |
1,025 |
1,035 |
1,059 |
727 |
425 |
299 |
577 |
494 |
| P-38 |
13,473 |
228 |
9,737 |
2,476 |
1,032 |
228 |
580 |
607 |
474 |
619 |
664 |
754 |
940 |
1,037 |
988 |
952 |
1,024 |
1,098 |
120 |
157 |
199 |
266 |
265 |
160 |
230 |
277 |
274 |
106 |
198 |
224 |
290 |
34 |
178 |
127 |
82 |
80 |
138 |
103 |
| P-39 |
4,703 |
157 |
4,546 |
- |
- |
157 |
181 |
219 |
552 |
404 |
440 |
389 |
336 |
315 |
510 |
507 |
291 |
202 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| P-40 |
4,962 |
- |
1,040 |
3,094 |
828 |
- |
143 |
219 |
64 |
2 |
122 |
117 |
104 |
161 |
9 |
86 |
13 |
- |
169 |
54 |
177 |
217 |
217 |
454 |
299 |
367 |
276 |
285 |
332 |
247 |
272 |
264 |
292 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| P-47 |
10,297 |
- |
1,100 |
6,822 |
2,375 |
- |
50 |
51 |
58 |
145 |
64 |
47 |
123 |
36 |
114 |
79 |
117 |
216 |
309 |
389 |
570 |
753 |
798 |
338 |
982 |
636 |
431 |
690 |
387 |
539 |
368 |
488 |
485 |
249 |
212 |
103 |
155 |
315 |
| P-51 |
2,260 |
- |
176 |
826 |
1,258 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
43 |
20 |
31 |
- |
81 |
- |
- |
69 |
100 |
75 |
51 |
111 |
149 |
100 |
31 |
52 |
60 |
- |
28 |
73 |
225 |
79 |
326 |
116 |
103 |
264 |
72 |
| Night Fighter |
485 |
- |
58 |
279 |
148 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
15 |
43 |
1 |
- |
28 |
10 |
20 |
44 |
42 |
33 |
25 |
24 |
25 |
27 |
22 |
24 |
25 |
25 |
15 |
13 |
20 |
4 |
| Other |
525 |
31 |
465 |
29 |
- |
31 |
40 |
40 |
43 |
43 |
41 |
37 |
42 |
44 |
40 |
38 |
30 |
27 |
17 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Reconnaissance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
2,097 |
- |
131 |
1,218 |
748 |
- |
- |
4 |
- |
- |
5 |
- |
23 |
- |
22 |
24 |
38 |
15 |
27 |
32 |
66 |
15 |
82 |
125 |
146 |
120 |
106 |
193 |
146 |
160 |
126 |
93 |
119 |
226 |
46 |
53 |
16 |
69 |
| F-3 |
35 |
- |
- |
21 |
14 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
2 |
7 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| F-5 |
1,107 |
- |
58 |
639 |
410 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
10 |
24 |
14 |
10 |
- |
1 |
31 |
11 |
62 |
59 |
66 |
39 |
41 |
137 |
114 |
78 |
83 |
38 |
25 |
166 |
20 |
36 |
- |
42 |
| F-6 |
806 |
- |
73 |
498 |
235 |
- |
- |
4 |
- |
- |
5 |
- |
23 |
- |
12 |
- |
24 |
5 |
26 |
27 |
27 |
- |
19 |
54 |
70 |
75 |
61 |
39 |
31 |
69 |
33 |
36 |
79 |
50 |
7 |
12 |
6 |
12 |
| F-7 |
101 |
- |
- |
60 |
41 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
8 |
4 |
1 |
11 |
10 |
4 |
2 |
10 |
- |
6 |
4 |
9 |
7 |
1 |
12 |
- |
5 |
3 |
| F-13 |
48 |
- |
- |
- |
48 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
12 |
| Troop Carrier |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
4,608 |
67 |
1,087 |
2,238 |
1,216 |
67 |
33 |
71 |
40 |
64 |
145 |
100 |
85 |
86 |
015 |
95 |
136 |
127 |
113 |
200 |
238 |
83 |
90 |
125 |
130 |
187 |
31 |
470 |
298 |
273 |
152 |
262 |
208 |
247 |
178 |
12 |
112 |
45 |
| C-46 |
792 |
- |
- |
- |
792 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
40 |
64 |
94 |
247 |
178 |
12 |
112 |
45 |
| C-47 |
3,816 |
67 |
1,087 |
2,238 |
424 |
67 |
33 |
71 |
40 |
64 |
145 |
100 |
85 |
86 |
015 |
95 |
136 |
127 |
113 |
200 |
238 |
83 |
90 |
125 |
130 |
187 |
31 |
470 |
298 |
273 |
112 |
198 |
114 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| C-54 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Communications |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
573 |
- |
116 |
229 |
228 |
- |
6 |
20 |
6 |
18 |
19 |
9 |
18 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
8 |
- |
3 |
- |
18 |
101 |
7 |
6 |
36 |
3 |
33 |
22 |
- |
34 |
34 |
45 |
18 |
41 |
- |
56 |
- |
| L-Type |
552 |
- |
95 |
229 |
228 |
- |
4 |
20 |
6 |
16 |
5 |
8 |
18 |
- |
- |
5 |
5 |
8 |
- |
3 |
- |
18 |
101 |
7 |
6 |
36 |
3 |
33 |
22 |
- |
34 |
34 |
45 |
18 |
41 |
- |
56 |
- |
| Other |
21 |
- |
21 |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
2 |
14 |
1 |
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Source: Continental Air Forces, Statistical Control Office |
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