Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 70 -- Night 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 492 67 200 225 1 26 17 (1) 15 (8) 17 30 35 4 10 19 23 6 17 12 3 16 25 17 36 6 35 45 21 40 25
Combat & Accident Losses 185 32 79 74 1 12 2 1 8 1 7 13 14 11 6 4 2 3 3 1 4 9 9 8 10 10 14 6 6 13 7
Retirements 238 39 76 123 - 4 - 11 3 5 16 12 12 2 5 2 3 4 3 13 6 3 11 12 9 8 11 38 19 16 10
Net Other Losses 69 (4) 45 28 - 10 15 (13) 4 (14) (6) 5 9 (9) (1) 13 18 (1) 11 (2) (7) 4 5 (3) 17 (12) 10 1 (4) 11 8
European Theater of Operations
Total Losses 82 6 25 51 - 2 - 4 - - - - - (1) (4) 12 (1) (1) 3 2 5 3 7 5 8 2 9 23 (2) 2 4
Combat & Accident Losses 20 - 7 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - (1) 2 1 4 2 3 2 4 - 1 1 -
Retirements 39 - 7 32 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 1 23 - - -
Net Other Losses 23 6 11 6 - 2 - 4 - - - - - (1) (4) 12 (2) (1) 3 2 2 - - - 2 (2) 4 - (3) 1 4
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Total Losses 221 55 128 38 - 24 14 (1) 11 (4) 11 21 28 5 9 6 18 5 11 6 4 10 5 6 6 2 9 12 3 - -
Combat & Accident Losses 98 27 57 14 - 12 2 1 8 - 4 10 14 10 4 4 - 1 1 2 1 8 2 5 2 - 5 2 - - -
Retirements 107 39 51 17 - 4 - 11 3 5 16 8 12 2 4 2 3 4 3 4 5 1 3 1 3 2 3 5 3 - -
Net Other Losses 16 (11) 20 7 - 8 12 (13) - (9) (9) 3 2 (7) 1 - 15 - 7 - (2) 1 - - 1 - 1 5 - - -
Pacific Ocean Areas
Total Losses 26 - 8 18 1 - 2 - - - (3) 1 - (1) - - 1 1 1 - 1 1 3 (1) 3 4 (1) 2 7 4 -
Combat & Accident Losses 13 2 2 9 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - 5 - 1 - 3 -
Retirements 10 - - 10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - 8 - -
Net Other Losses 3 (2) 6 (1) - - 2 - - - (4) 1 - (1) - - - - 1 - 1 1 3 (2) 3 (2) (1) 1 (1) 1 -
Far East Air Forces
Total Losses 134 6 36 92 - - 1 (4) 4 (4) 9 8 7 1 5 1 5 1 2 4 (7) 1 8 5 14 2 14 9 14 17 17
Combat & Accident Losses 37 3 11 23 - - - - - 1 2 3 - 1 2 - - 1 2 - 1 - 1 - 5 4 2 - 2 4 6
Retirements 71 - 18 53 - - - - - - - 4 - - 1 - - - - 8 - - 5 7 3 3 7 7 8 8 10
Net Other Losses 26 3 7 16 - - 1 (4) 4 (5) 7 1 7 - 2 1 5 - - (4) (8) 1 2 (2) 6 (5) 5 2 4 5 1
China & India-Burma
Total Losses 29 - 3 26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 2 2 5 (4) 4 (1) (1) 17 4
Combat & Accident Losses 17 - 2 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 1 - (1) 3 3 3 5 1
Retirements 11 - - 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - 8 -
Net Other Losses 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 5 (3) 1 (7) (4) 4 3