Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 68 -- Medium & Light 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 5,347 818 2,638 1,891 88 120 54 110 186 97 163 187 171 106 179 169 184 213 445 173 288 234 289 334 283 364 324 276 121 66 123
Combat & Accident Losses 1,581 295 792 494 29 75 47 58 29 34 23 59 58 67 61 74 80 56 78 42 64 53 100 88 117 112 78 42 17 22 18
Retirements 3,316 324 1,707 1,285 - - 5 44 138 33 104 106 83 89 41 76 57 179 303 187 221 195 170 178 156 216 246 248 116 48 77
Net Other Losses 450 199 139 112 59 45 2 8 19 30 36 22 30 (50) 77 19 47 (22) 64 (56) 3 (14) 19 68 10 36 - (14) (12) (4) 28
European Theater of Operations
Total Losses 1,707 161 824 722 1 (21) 12 19 58 60 32 13 20 5 63 49 45 115 144 (14) 122 108 154 84 169 168 128 97 26 27 23
Combat & Accident Losses 590 24 371 195 - 2 4 9 1 6 2 4 17 15 34 47 42 32 39 18 26 19 78 28 62 48 39 9 5 2 2
Retirements 1,049 92 524 433 - - - 8 47 16 21 - 5 10 - - - 110 85 66 109 51 88 36 79 108 100 109 1 - -
Net Other Losses 68 45 (71) 94 1 (23) 8 2 10 38 9 9 (2) (20) 29 2 3 (27) 20 (98) (13) 38 (12) 20 28 12 (11) (21) 20 25 21
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Total Losses 1,438 411 848 179 47 88 42 49 68 30 87 116 82 23 17 48 80 52 156 108 68 57 41 54 14 61 62 69 (21) (52) (8)
Combat & Accident Losses 407 174 177 56 18 56 34 34 9 8 15 20 19 22 6 13 11 13 21 9 12 22 9 7 17 20 11 - 1 - -
Retirements 1,030 139 644 247 - - - 2 58 12 67 94 63 19 14 44 30 40 97 59 57 98 29 45 22 39 57 66 18 - -
Net Other Losses 1 98 27 (124) 29 32 8 13 1 10 5 2 - (18) (3) (9) 39 (1) 38 40 (1) (63) 3 2 (25) 2 (6) 3 (40) (52) (8)
Pacific Ocean Areas
Total Losses 93 - 71 22 - - - - - (1) 1 14 5 (1) (2) 2 1 3 18 16 5 11 (1) 1 10 - 2 - 1 8 -
Combat & Accident Losses 33 1 24 8 - - - - - - 1 13 5 (1) 1 2 1 2 1 - - - - 1 - 2 1 - 1 3 -
Retirements 51 - 37 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 12 5 4 - - 10 - - - - 4 -
Net Other Losses 9 (1) 10 - - - - - - (1) - 1 - - (3) - - 1 1 4 - 7 (1) - - (2) 1 - - 1 -
Far East Air Forces
Total Losses 1,534 192 592 750 35 51 (6) 42 58 8 4 35 37 59 75 16 33 39 110 27 71 38 52 164 67 118 105 81 85 66 64
Combat & Accident Losses 429 70 158 201 10 15 7 4 16 15 3 17 11 27 13 7 19 8 14 10 17 5 10 48 33 39 26 23 6 10 16
Retirements 830 59 339 432 - - - 30 24 2 3 10 15 36 15 9 19 27 92 22 36 30 28 76 36 47 66 55 77 39 36
Net Other Losses 275 63 95 117 25 36 (13) 8 18 (9) (2) 8 11 (4) 47 - (5) 4 4 (5) 18 3 14 40 (2) 32 13 3 2 17 12
China & India-Burma
Total Losses 473 38 236 199 1 - 4 9 7 2 15 8 6 19 19 39 22 3 16 26 21 18 39 26 23 16 26 24 28 13 43
Combat & Accident Losses 92 13 55 24 1 - 2 3 2 3 2 5 6 4 7 5 7 1 3 3 8 5 1 4 5 3 1 5 2 4 -
Retirements 321 29 142 150 - - 5 3 9 - 12 1 - 24 6 22 7 1 11 20 13 12 25 16 9 21 22 18 20 4 40
Net Other Losses 60 (4) 39 25 - - (3) 3 (4) (1) 1 2 - (9) 6 12 8 1 2 3 - 1 13 6 9 (8) 3 1 6 5 3
Alaska
Total Losses 54 16 19 19 2 2 - 8 1 2 1 1 - - 5 - - 1 1 4 1 2 4 5 - 1 1 5 2 4 1
Combat & Accident Losses 28 11 7 10 - 2 - 8 - 1 - - - - - - - - - 2 1 2 2 - - - - 5 2 3 -
Retirements 22 1 12 9 - - - - - - 1 1 - - 5 - - 1 2 2 1 - - 5 - 1 1 - - 1 1
Net Other Losses 4 4 - - 2 - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - (1) - (1) - 2 - - - - - - - -
Other Overseas
Total Losses 48 - 48 - 2 - 2 (17) (6) (4) 23 - 21 1 2 15 3 - - 6 - - - - - - - - - - -
Combat & Accident Losses 2 2 - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Retirements 13 4 9 - - - - 1 - 3 - - - - 1 1 1 - - 6 - - - - - - - - - - -
Net Other Losses 33 (6) 39 - 2 - 2 (18) (7) (8) 23 - 21 1 1 14 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -