Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 55 -- Crews on Hand in European Theater of Operations, By Type and Principal Model: Jun 1943 to Aug 1945

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 Total Heavy
Bombers		 Medium &
Light Bombers		  Fighters Reconnaissance Troop Carrier Communications
Total B-17 B-24 Total B-26 A-20 A-26 Total P-38 P-47 P-51 Night
Fighter		 Other Total F-4/5 F-6 Other Total C-46 C-47
C-53		 Liaison
1943  
Jun 1,069 455 408 47 93 93 - - 379 - 379 - - - 82 20 41 21 26 - 26 34
Jul 1,733 596 553 43 312 312 - - 654 - 621 - 33 - 121 46 31 44 13 - 13 37
Aug 2,123 806 613 193 369 369 - - 789 91 689 - 9 - 108 46 40 13 6 - 6 45
Sep 2,468 933 708 225 410 410 - - 955 174 781 - - - 104 43 48 13 5 - 5 61
Oct 2,948 1,116 796 320 445 445 - - 1,120 198 922 - - - 145 55 76 14 60 - 60 62
Nov 4,320 1,960 1,427 533 427 427 - - 1,570 202 1,127 241 - - 192 87 90 15 110 - 110 61
Dec 4,549 2,081 1,472 609 396 396 - - 1,703 220 1,058 425 - - 174 71 99 4 135 - 135 60
1944  
Jan 5,185 2,147 1,479 668 511 447 64 - 2,039 268 1,409 362 - - 181 68 113 - 247 - 247 60
Feb 5,819 2,163 1,429 734 644 569 75 - 2,206 477 1,224 505 - - 174 66 108 - 572 - 572 60
Mar 6,935 2,155 1,285 870 878 722 156 - 2,632 623 1,434 558 17 - 255 59 196 - 955 - 955 60
Apr 8,789 2,496 1,461 1,035 1,009 760 249 - 3,796 773 2,190 770 33 30 328 140 141 47 1,036 - 1,036 124
May 10,393 3,225 1,715 1,510 1,075 773 302 - 4,500 911 2,457 1,101 36 1 352 152 135 65 1,115 - 1,115 126
Jun 10,860 3,550 1,816 1,734 1,120 829 291 - 4,545 923 2,422 1,152 48 - 353 154 134 65 1,098 - 1,098 194
Jul 11,973 3,996 2,291 1,705 1,151 824 327 - 4,898 519 2,493 1,826 59 1 451 205 183 63 1,276 - 1,276 201
Aug 12,276 4,000 2,392 1,608 1,155 800 342 13 5,000 530 2,457 1,951 59 3 527 203 263 61 1,392 - 1,392 202
Sep 12,006 3,671 2,412 1,259 1,315 922 377 16 4,822 613 2,413 1,734 62 - 592 222 304 66 1,410 - 1,410 196
Oct 12,179 3,587 2,348 1,239 1,310 869 323 118 4,955 480 2,736 1,662 77 - 676 237 374 65 1,444 - 1,444 207
Nov 12,756 3,686 2,407 1,279 1,717 1,20 199 278 4,705 544 2,500 1,587 74 - 711 266 368 77 1,669 - 1,669 268
Dec 12,869 3,869 2,553 1,316 1,659 1,202 161 296 4,479 471 2,301 1,636 71 - 669 239 337 93 1,866 - 1,866 327
1945  
Jan 13,126 3,925 2,615 1,310 1,700 1,278 149 273 4,542 462 2,234 1,759 87 - 689 272 323 94 1,933 - 1,933 337
Feb 13,620 4,201 2,746 1,455 1,676 1,185 135 356 4,822 347 2,512 1,885 78 - 712 283 308 121 1,886 - 1,886 323
Mar 13,541 4,204 2,850 1,354 1,597 1,089 100 408 4,838 162 2,581 2,014 81 - 765 259 370 136 1,749 23 1,726 388
Apr 13,259 3,760 2,587 1,173 1,572 966 - 606 4,763 182 2,534 1,976 71 - 869 314 405 150 1,892 209 1,683 403
May 11,393 2,718 2,029 689 1,485 859 6 620 4,506 155 2,440 1,836 75 - 735 285 332 118 1,530 214 1,316 419
Jun 9,229 1,194 1,089 105 1,389 834 - 555 4,318 119 2,359 1,763 77 - 666 258 296 112 1,247 155 1,092 415
Jul 6,163 531 526 5 833 573 - 260 3,422 87 1,634 1,633 68 - 365 201 125 39 695 6 689 317
Aug 3,707 473 473 - 574 518 - 56 2,189 59 887 1,200 43 - 217 136 56 25 - - - 254