Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 71 -- Reconnaissance 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 1,872 133 779 960 37 38 8 (5) (5) 21 39 52 41 8 49 10 59 43 93 112 56 119 137 134 132 117 78 206 114 96 83
Combat & Accident Losses 500 42 265 193 3 11 2 6 6 9 5 13 16 10 12 17 35 24 31 23 17 37 30 30 34 30 16 32 28 18 5
Retirements 870 38 279 553 - - - 8 4 8 18 4 18 8 8 5 6 14 21 31 50 72 42 70 65 70 60 167 38 33 50
Net Other Losses 502 53 235 214 34 27 6 (19) (15) 4 16 35 7 (10) 29 (12) 18 5 41 58 (11) 10 65 34 33 17 2 7 48 45 28
European Theater of Operations
Total Losses 788 53 298 437 5 16 31 (14) (21) (20) 56 23 8 (15) 4 (6) 33 7 29 53 (3) 60 105 68 79 53 38 124 42 29 4
Combat & Accident Losses 246 10 141 95 1 4 - 1 - 1 3 4 2 1 4 10 22 17 15 15 10 21 20 11 16 20 14 15 18 1 -
Retirements 307 - 79 228 - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 1 - - 1 16 35 24 28 42 26 29 103 - - -
Net Other Losses 235 43 78 114 4 12 31 (15) (21) (21) 53 19 6 (18) - (16) 10 (10) 14 37 (29) 4 61 29 21 7 (5) 6 24 28 4
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Total Losses 351 64 191 96 18 20 6 (2) 2 9 11 8 26 5 10 8 11 11 30 27 20 24 11 16 9 25 8 31 3 2 2
Combat & Accident Losses 81 16 56 9 1 1 1 1 4 7 1 5 9 3 2 4 1 2 10 2 3 10 5 2 2 3 1 1 - - -
Retirements 202 21 100 81 - - - 3 3 4 11 3 17 1 7 4 5 6 7 24 12 12 2 18 6 17 8 32 - - -
Net Other Losses 68 27 35 6 17 19 5 (6) (5) (2) (1) - - 1 1 - 5 3 13 1 5 2 4 (4) 1 5 (1) (2) 3 2 2
Pacific Ocean Areas
Total Losses 28 - 4 24 - - - - - - - - - - - - (1) (3) 2 1 3 1 1 2 3 5 7 (1) 4 1 3
Combat & Accident Losses 9 - - 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - 2 2 3
Retirements 9 - - 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 2 - 1 - -
Net Other Losses 10 - 4 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - (1) (3) 2 1 3 1 1 2 2 (2) 5 (1) 1 (1) -
Far East Air Forces
Total Losses 368 16 131 221 14 6 (14) 7 1 33 (31) 8 7 10 24 6 6 11 22 16 6 1 14 34 21 14 13 29 35 40 35
Combat & Accident Losses 106 12 43 51 1 5 1 2 1 1 1 3 5 6 5 3 5 3 3 5 1 1 3 12 11 (1) 2 13 3 11 -
Retirements 178 6 45 127 - - - 3 - - 3 1 1 5 1 1 - 2 13 5 5 - 11 19 7 8 8 11 21 24 29
Net Other Losses 84 (20 43 43 13 1 (15) 2 - 32 (35) 4 1 (1) 18 2 1 6 6 6 - - - 3 3 7 3 5 11 5 6
China & India-Burma
Total Losses 294 13 125 156 - 1 (2) 2 6 1 5 1 - 15 1 1 5 13 10 16 28 30 5 13 17 18 14 23 30 19 22
Combat & Accident Losses 49 4 21 24 - 1 - 2 1 - - 1 - - 1 - 5 2 3 1 3 4 1 4 1 7 (1) 3 5 3 2
Retirements 166 4 55 107 - - - - 1 - 3 - - - - - - 6 1 1 17 25 5 5 10 13 13 20 16 9 21
Net Other Losses 79 5 49 25 - - (2) - 4 1 2 - - 15 - 1 - 5 6 14 8 1 (1) 4 6 (2) 2 - 9 7 (1)
Alaska
Total Losses 5 5 - - - - - - - 4 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Combat & Accident Losses - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Retirements 5 5 - - - - - - - 4 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Net Other Losses - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Twentieth
Air Force
Total Losses 32 - 2 30 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 - - - 6 20
Combat & Accident Losses 5 - 2 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 - - - - 1 -
Retirements 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - -
Net Other Losses 26 - - 26 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 (1) 5 20
Other Overseas
Total Losses 6 (18) 28 (4) - (5) (13) 2 7 (6) (3) 12 - (7) 10 1 5 4 - (1) 2 2 - - 2 - (2) - - (1) (3)
Combat & Accident Losses 4 - 2 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - -
Retirements 2 2 - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Net Other Losses - (20) 26 (6) - (5) (13 - 7 (6) (3) 12 - (7) 10 1 3 4 - (1) 2 2 - - - - (2) - - (1) (3)