Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II
Table 63 -- Crew Losses Enroute 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 | 400 | 269 | 108 | 23 |
| Very Heavy Bombers | 4 | - | 3 | 1 |
| Heavy Bombers | 195 | 133 | 48 | 14 |
| Medium & Light Bombers | 125 | 100 | 20 | 5 |
| Fighters | 21 | 21 | - | - |
| Reconnaissance | 33 | 3 | 30 | - |
| Troop Carriers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 |
| Communications | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| European Theater of Operations - Total | 149 | 104 | 37 | 8 |
| Heavy Bombers | 116 | 90 | 21 | 5 |
| Medium & Light Bombers | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 |
| Troop Carriers | 7 | 1 | 6 | - |
| Mediterranean Theater of Operations - Total | 183 | 122 | 55 | 6 |
| Heavy Bombers | 51 | 23 | 22 | 6 |
| Medium & Light Bombers | 81 | 76 | 5 | - |
| Fighters | 9 | 9 | - | - |
| Reconnaissance | 30 | 3 | 27 | - |
| Troop Carriers | 12 | 11 | 1 | - |
| Pacific Ocean Areas - Total | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Fighters | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Communications | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Far East Air Forces - Total | 38 | 23 | 11 | 4 |
| Heavy Bombers | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 |
| Medium & Light Bombers | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| Reconnaissance | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| China & India-Burma - Total | 23 | 19 | 2 | 2 |
| Heavy Bombers | 9 | 7 | 2 | - |
| Medium & Light Bombers | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Fighters | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| Troop Carriers | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Twentieth Air Force - Total | 5 | - | 3 | 2 |
| Very Heavy Bombers | 4 | - | 3 | 1 |
| Communications | 1 | - | - | 1 |
