Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II


Table 63 -- Crew Arrivals From US in Overseas Theaters, By Theater and By Type of Crew: 1943 to 1945

Theater and Type of Crew
Total 1943
(Jun-Dec)		 1944 1945
(Jan-Aug)
All Theaters - Total 63,717 9,818 37,468 16,431
Very Heavy Bombers 2,164 - 618 1,546
Heavy Bombers 22,823 3,443 14,838 4,542
Medium & Light Bombers 7,125 1,290 4,106 1,729
Day Fighters 22,466 3,736 13,117 5,613
Night Fighters 666 140 344 182
Reconnaissance 3,000 466 1,432 1,102
Troop Carriers 4,386 636 2,330 1,420
Communications 1,087 107 683 297
         
European Theater of Operations - Total 30,450 4,730 19,995 5,725
Heavy Bombers 13,607 2,477 8,738 2,392
Medium & Light Bombers 2,704 392 1,838 474
Day Fighters 10,951 1,490 7,346 2,115
Night Fighters 143 35 80 28
Reconnaissance 1,130 184 580 366
Troop Carriers 1,643 138 1,236 269
Communications 272 14 177 81
         
Mediterranean Theater of Operations - Total 13,603 2,115 9,469 2,019
Heavy Bombers 6,225 491 4,795 939
Medium & Light Bombers 1,673 407 1,018 248
Day Fighters 4,509 920 3,003 586
Night Fighters 180 47 105 28
Reconnaissance 371 73 220 78
Troop Carriers 566 174 257 135
Communications 79 3 71 5
         
Pacific Ocean Areas - Total 2,965 213 836 1,916
Heavy Bombers 530 62 291 177
Medium & Light Bombers 382 86 72 224
Day Fighters 1,500 27 290 1,183
Night Fighters 94 7 52 35
Reconnaissance 178 - 58 120
Troop Carriers 220 5 73 142
Communications 61 26 - 35
         
Far East Air Forces - Total 8,934 1,945 3,494 3,495
Heavy Bombers 1,888 323 752 813
Medium & Light Bombers 1,831 351 812 668
Day Fighters 3,013 772 1,045 1,196
Night Fighters 200 51 83 66
Reconnaissance 774 123 305 346
Troop Carriers 1,000 289 355 356
Communications 228 36 142 50
         
China & India-Burma - Total 4,886 644 2,753 1,489
Heavy Bombers 516 79 239 198
Medium & Light Bombers 481 43 333 105
Day Fighters 2,028 41 1,206 410
Night Fighters 49 - 24 25
Reconnaissance 432 57 251 124
Troop Carriers 934 25 408 501
Communications 446 28 292 126
         
Alaska - Total 479 93 258 128
Heavy Bombers 51 8 20 23
Medium & Light Bombers 46 9 27 10
Day Fighters 361 70 210 81
Reconnaissance 6 1 - 5
Troop Carriers 14 5 - 9
Communications 1 - 1 -
         
Twentieth Air Force - Total 2,278 - 624 1,654
Very Heavy Bombers 2,164 - 618 1,546
Day Fighters 42 - - 42
Reconnaissance 64 - 6 58
Troop Carriers 8 - - 8
         
Other Overseas - Total 122 78 39 6
Heavy Bombers 6 3 3 -
Medium & Light Bombers 8 2 6 -
Day Fighters 62 45 17 -
Reconnaissance 45 28 12 5
Troop Carriers 1 - 1 -