Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 69 -- Day Fighter 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 16,696 2,087 8,861 5,748 238 410 217 322 237 197 466 326 337 562 491 674 707 806 1,118 1,041 908 1,001 890 844 773 938 1,092 907 477 363 354
Combat & Accident Losses 7,083 776 4,421 1,886 76 135 158 112 64 94 137 211 196 274 338 403 628 440 536 317 283 396 399 322 353 456 388 71 117 114 65
Retirements 7,532 611 3,908 3,013 - 48 - 182 125 101 155 174 167 197 276 242 188 260 373 527 582 552 370 372 302 391 560 736 236 200 216
Net Other Losses 2,081 700 532 849 162 227 59 28 48 2 174 (59) (26) 91 (123) 29 (109) 106 209 197 43 53 121 150 118 91 144 100 124 49 73
European Theater of Operations
Total Losses 7,587 266 4,743 2,578 10 17 4 (4) 35 50 154 118 57 219 258 271 435 354 727 616 434 662 592 432 451 520 584 534 51 (2) 8
Combat & Accident Losses 3,930 151 2,801 978 9 17 10 13 12 37 53 85 105 192 207 245 458 297 385 191 144 246 246 190 232 267 230 23 15 22 (1)
Retirements 2,967 7 1,572 1,388 - - - 2 2 3 - - 4 3 58 47 43 66 118 319 353 340 221 219 162 212 307 488 - - -
Net Other Losses 690 108 370 212 1 - (6) (19) 21 10 101 33 (52) 24 (7) (21) (66) (9) 224 106 (63) 76 125 23 57 41 47 23 36 (24) 9
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Total Losses 4,194 962 2,387 845 130 245 184 181 69 7 146 156 148 94 159 236 202 358 279 217 127 237 174 137 161 166 243 102 48 12 (24)
Combat & Accident Losses 1,691 347 1,046 298 52 74 93 50 12 12 54 72 61 47 85 123 137 104 113 86 61 85 72 56 69 83 83 (11) 10 5 3
Retirements 2,057 405 1,183 469 - 35 - 156 75 49 90 90 80 57 119 112 90 138 150 87 60 124 76 60 79 80 141 96 13 - -
Net Other Losses 446 210 158 78 78 136 91 (25) (18) (54) 2 (6) 7 (10) (45) 1 (25) 116 16 44 6 28 26 21 13 3 19 17 25 7 (27)
Pacific Ocean Areas
Total Losses 317 16 (58) 359 10 (10) - 18 2 4 (8) (61) 23 (11) 6 (20) (26) (20) (49) 19 68 8 5 16 9 46 27 48 100 113 -
Combat & Accident Losses 248 16 51 181 1 5 2 5 1 - 2 7 4 2 6 1 3 7 4 3 5 7 2 19 2 29 21 19 40 51 -
Retirements 133 4 33 96 - - - - - - 4 - - - 12 - - - - - 21 - - - - - - 17 44 35 -
Net Other Losses (64) (4) (142) 82 9 (15) (2) 13 1 4 (14) (68) 19 (13) (12) (21) (29) (27) (53) 16 42 1 3 (3) 7 17 6 12 16 27 -
Far East Air Forces
Total Losses 2,460 385 999 1,076 46 48 (1) 37 76 83 96 112 67 111 67 120 121 21 53 89 94 74 70 177 88 134 125 147 114 122 169
Combat & Accident Losses 709 185 290 234 9 32 43 32 28 34 7 43 12 16 27 9 16 18 11 28 27 37 46 41 28 41 32 24 27 14 27
Retirements 1,159 107 523 529 - - - 15 17 36 39 65 55 98 58 38 34 5 25 40 53 28 24 47 38 43 55 92 63 86 105
Net Other Losses 592 93 186 313 37 16 (44) (10) 31 13 50 4 - (3) (18) 73 71 (2) 17 21 14 9 - 89 22 50 38 31 24 22 37
China & India-Burma
Total Losses 1,537 155 648 734 24 23 (24) 40 21 24 47 12 45 45 9 41 40 82 84 71 125 57 36 71 78 43 86 72 150 105 129
Combat & Accident Losses 389 55 190 144 4 2 6 6 8 8 21 3 10 12 10 24 14 12 17 8 36 19 25 15 22 31 16 12 23 18 7
Retirements 933 56 443 434 - 5 - - 26 11 14 10 24 34 7 25 18 43 65 58 83 35 41 41 23 32 39 37 108 73 81
Net Other Losses 215 44 15 156 20 16 (3) 34 (13) 5 12 (1) 11 (1) (8) (8) 8 27 3 5 6 3 (30) 15 33 (20) 31 23 19 14 41
Alaska
Total Losses 271 49 139 83 2 9 11 13 3 5 6 12 8 9 10 19 (22) 7 21 24 15 26 10 6 - 27 22 1 9 9 9
Combat & Accident Losses 39 10 22 7 1 1 2 4 - 2 - 1 2 4 2 - - - 6 1 3 - 3 - - 1 1 2 1 1 1
Retirements 227 31 127 69 - 8 - 9 5 2 7 9 4 5 8 20 1 8 14 13 12 25 8 5 - 24 18 - 8 6 8
Net Other Losses 5 8 (10) 7 1 - 9 - (2) 1 (1) 2 2 - - (1) (23) (1) 1 10 - 1 (1) 1 - 2 3 (1) - 2 -
Twentieth
Air Force
Total Losses 64 - - 64 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 63
Combat & Accident Losses 30 - - 30 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 27
Retirements 22 - - 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22
Net Other Losses 12 - - 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (2) 14
Other Overseas
Total Losses 266 254 3 9 16 78 43 37 31 24 25 (23) (11) 95 (18) 7 (43) 4 2 5 45 (63) 3 5 (14) 2 5 3 5 3 -
Combat & Accident Losses 47 12 21 14 - 4 2 2 3 1 - - 2 1 1 1 - 2 - - 7 2 5 1 - 4 5 2 1 - 1
Retirements 34 - 27 6 - - - - - - 1 - - - 14 - 2 - 1 10 - - - - - - - 6 - - -
Net Other Losses 185 241 (45) (11) 16 74 41 35 28 23 24 (23) (13) 94 (33) 6 (45) 2 1 (5) 38 (65) (2) 4 (14) (2) - (5) 4 3 (1)