Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 67 -- Heavy Bomber Crew Losses Overseas, By Theater and By Type of Loss: 1943 to 1945

(Figures in parenthesis indicate the excess over losses of gains resulting from the formation of additional crews out of such crew personnel as those returned from missing, those reclassified from ground to air duties, and those received from the United States as individuals rather than as members of a crew.)
Theater and Type of Loss Grand
Total		 1943
(Jun-Dec)		 1944 1945
(Jan-Aug)		 1943 1944 1945
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

All Theaters
Total Losses 17,036 1,531 10,827 4,678 251 233 173 251 305 131 187 465 622 788 923 867 896 1,242 1,298 1,025 882 973 846 728 800 1,070 1,476 159 98 177 170
Combat & Accident Losses 6,935 1,162 4,781 992 110 172 206 128 217 135 194 309 376 400 589 500 438 571 367 347 276 316 290 217 201 279 208 17 31 29 10
Retirements 9,334 256 5,295 3,783 - - 4 78 89 37 48 103 188 238 220 274 380 640 850 590 602 677 533 550 572 890 1,237 179 103 108 144
Net Other Losses 767 113 751 (97) 141 61 (37) 45 (1) (41) (55) 53 56 150 114 93 78 31 81 86 4 (20) 23 (39) 27 (99) 31 (37) (36) 40 16
European Theater of Operations
Total Losses 10,081 897 6,699 2,485 173 123 77 117 211 70 126 329 410 631 662 544 437 679 741 681 532 591 462 514 457 661 827 34 (47) 35 4
Combat & Accident Losses 4,358 791 2,977 590 87 114 103 83 186 87 131 248 264 308 371 308 239 302 203 274 130 211 119 157 101 167 150 6 6 3 -
Retirements 5,389 70 3,233 2,086 - - - 24 19 10 17 46 98 167 167 191 257 342 451 347 410 410 347 420 379 597 690 - - - -
Net Other Losses 334 36 489 (191) 86 9 (26) 10 6 (27) (22) 35 48 156 124 45 (59) 35 87 60 (8) (30) (4) (63) (23) (103) (13) 28 (53) 32 4
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Total Losses 4,733 330 3,223 1,180 30 49 65 73 53 17 43 80 166 85 181 263 386 452 522 264 241 303 280 104 259 301 507 (20) 28 (7) 8
Combat & Accident Losses 2,020 217 1,546 257 9 32 84 24 13 22 33 34 109 71 183 169 175 255 149 55 111 84 151 37 85 93 46 (7) 2 - 1
Retirements 2,491 124 1,514 853 - - - 46 45 12 21 41 43 25 20 52 89 206 366 216 131 218 107 55 126 196 426 50 - - -
Net Other Losses 222 (11) 163 70 21 17 (19) 3 (5) (17) (11) 5 14 (11) (22) 42 122 (9) 7 (7) (1) 1 22 12 48 12 35 (63) 26 (7) 7
Pacific Ocean Areas
Total Losses 298 4 133 161 1 - 2 (3) (5) 1 8 13 (3) 3 30 18 17 4 4 7 11 13 16 33 15 26 45 8 4 31 (1)
Combat & Accident Losses 72 12 35 25 1 - 1 - - 2 8 12 1 1 7 4 1 2 2 1 2 - 2 5 3 2 - 3 2 11 (1)
Retirements 234 - 100 134 - - - - - - - - - - 23 15 17 2 2 6 9 12 14 27 11 24 38 9 5 20 -
Net Other Losses (8) (8) (2) 2 - - 1 (3) (5) (1) - 1 (4) 2 - (1) (1) - - - - 1 - 1 1 - 7 (4) (3) - -
Far East Air Forces
Total Losses 1,404 172 603 629 27 46 23 29 33 26 (12) 31 39 60 36 25 48 96 26 58 80 42 62 49 45 55 78 106 85 95 116
Combat & Accident Losses 339 93 160 86 13 24 9 12 13 14 8 10 3 18 23 10 21 8 7 13 26 10 11 13 7 14 11 9 16 10 6
Retirements 937 39 367 531 - - - 7 21 9 2 11 37 43 5 12 15 82 28 14 44 25 51 26 36 49 63 98 77 73 109
Net Other Losses 128 40 76 12 14 22 14 10 (1) 3 (22) 10 (1) (1) 8 3 12 6 (9) 31 10 7 - 10 2 (8) 4 (1) (8) 12 1
China & India-Burma
Total Losses 439 80 151 208 - 14 2 16 12 15 21 11 8 6 11 17 9 8 10 11 15 23 22 26 23 26 18 27 27 19 42
Combat & Accident Losses 116 38 52 26 - 1 7 4 4 8 14 5 - - 3 9 2 4 5 2 7 10 5 3 4 3 1 3 4 3 5
Retirements 265 23 69 173 - - 4 1 4 6 8 4 10 3 2 4 2 5 3 5 6 12 13 21 20 24 19 22 21 13 13
Net Other Losses 58 19 30 9 - 13 (9) 11 4 1 (1) 2 (2) 3 6 4 5 (1) 2 4 2 1 4 2 (1) (1) (2) 2 2 3 4
Alaska
Total Losses 58 27 20 11 - 1 5 20 - 2 (1) 1 1 3 3 - (1) 2 1 3 2 1 4 2 - 1 1 2 1 2 2
Combat & Accident Losses 25 10 10 5 - 1 2 5 - 2 - - - 2 2 - - - 1 2 - 1 2 2 - - - 2 1 - -
Retirements 18 - 12 6 - - - - - - - 1 - - 3 - - 3 - 2 2 - 1 1 - - 1 - - 2 2
Net Other Losses 15 17 (2) - - - 3 15 - - (1) - 1 1 (2) - (1) (1) - (1) - - 1 (1) - 1 - - - - -
Other Overseas
Total Losses 23 21 (2) 4 20 - (1) (1) 1 - 2 - 1 - - - - 1 (6) 1 1 - - - 1 - - 2 - 2 (1)
Combat & Accident Losses 5 1 1 3 - - - - 1 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - 2 (1)
Retirements - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Net Other Losses 18 20 (3) 1 20 - (1) (1) - - 2 - - - - - - 1 (6) 1 1 - - - - - - 1 - - -