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 |
- |
|