Army Air Forces Statistical Digest,
World War II

Table 72 -- Troop Carrier 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 1,308 40 (235) 1,503 47 (24) (2) 8 (48) 33 26 (39) 24 75 14 22 (126) (175) (7) (11) 65 (204) 127 95 82 249 167 172 145 360 233
Combat & Accident Losses 590 84 267 239 2 54 8 5 2 6 7 10 10 6 6 12 39 13 11 58 18 36 48 37 7 77 42 18 11 36 11
Retirements 1,411 86 373 952 - 3 2 6 2 57 16 9 56 6 11 12 10 7 46 27 31 69 89 72 75 153 108 115 112 210 107
Net Other Losses (693) (130) (875) 312 45 (81) (12) (3) (52) (30) 3 (58) (42) 63 (3) (2) (175) (195) (64) (96) 16 (309) (10) (14) - 19 17 39 22 114 115
European Theater of Operations
Total Losses 478 8 (77) 547 2 - - 3 - - 3 4 (20) 57 (1) - 62 (74) (14) 47 25 (216) 53 52 57 88 41 44 5 163 97
Combat & Accident Losses 267 1 150 116 - - - 1 - - - - 1 3 2 3 32 7 3 53 7 15 24 14 14 50 19 7 2 9 1
Retirements 315 1 115 199 - - - 1 - - - - 34 - - - - - - - 9 47 25 17 3 19 7 27 - 126 -
Net Other Losses (104) 6 (342) 232 2 - - 1 - - 3 4 (55) 54 (3) (3) 30 (81) (17) (6) 9 (278) 4 21 40 19 15 10 3 28 96
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Total Losses 186 30 93 63 31 (40) (2) 22 (21) 32 8 (26) 22 8 1 7 (44) 2 45 18 21 21 18 10 18 6 9 27 5 3 (15)
Combat & Accident Losses 102 61 35 6 2 52 - 2 - 2 3 5 4 - 1 7 3 3 1 2 1 9 (1) - 2 2 1 1 - - -
Retirements 203 65 93 45 - - - 4 1 55 5 7 11 2 - - 4 2 21 9 15 7 15 6 10 5 7 17 - - -
Net Other Losses (119) (96) (35) 12 29 (92) (2) 16 (22) (25) - (38) 7 6 - - (51) (3) 23 7 5 5 4 4 6 (1) 1 9 5 3 (15)
Pacific Ocean Areas
Total Losses 57 - - 57 - - 2 1 2 (5) - - - - - 2 3 1 - (7) 1 1 (1) 1 1 3 9 1 2 6 34
Combat & Accident Losses 4 1 1 2 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - -
Retirements 13 2 - 11 - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 4 6
Net Other Losses 40 (3) (1) 44 - - 2 - - (5) - - - - - 2 3 - - (7) 1 1 (1) 1 - 3 8 - 2 2 28
Far East Air Forces
Total Losses 239 (18) (116) 373 11 13 3 (18) (29) (5) 7 (19) 8 9 12 16 (35) (25) (55) (47) 14 (24) 30 24 - 61 92 35 58 80 23
Combat & Accident Losses 112 16 31 65 - 2 7 2 1 2 2 2 3 - 1 1 2 2 2 - 2 8 8 3 2 18 13 3 5 15 6
Retirements 367 8 121 238 - - - - - - 8 1 4 3 11 12 15 4 17 11 7 1 35 24 26 32 20 32 47 47 10
Net Other Losses (240) (42) (268) 70 11 11 (4) (20) (30) (7) (3) (22) 1 6 - 3 (52) (31) (74) (58) 5 (33) (13) (3) (28) 11 59 - 6 18 7
China & India-Burma
Total Losses 331 7 (131) 455 3 - (5) (1) - 7 3 3 (2) 2 - (3) (92) (77) 18 (24) (6) 21 29 7 7 89 20 58 73 108 93
Combat & Accident Losses 101 4 49 48 - - - - - 2 2 3 2 3 2 1 2 - 5 2 8 4 17 20 (12) 6 7 7 4 12 4
Retirements 491 2 46 443 - - - - - 2 - - - 1 - - 1 1 8 6 1 13 15 22 36 95 73 31 63 33 90
Net Other Losses (261) 1 (226) (36) 3 - (5) (1) - 3 1 - (4) (2) (2) (4) (95) (78) 5 (32) (15) 4 (3) (35) (17) (12) (60) 20 6 63 (1)
Alaska
Total Losses 13 8 (1) 6 - - 4 2 (1) - 3 1 7 - - - (10) - - 2 (1) 1 (1) 1 (2) 2 - 2 2 - 1
Combat & Accident Losses 4 1 1 2 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 1 - - - -
Retirements 13 3 - 10 - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - 2 - 2 2 - 1
Net Other Losses (4) 4 (2) (6) - - 3 2 (1) - - 1 7 - - - (10) - - 1 (1) 1 (1) (2) (2) (1) (1) - - - -
Twentieth
Air Force
Total Losses 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (4) 5 - - -
Combat & Accident Losses - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Retirements 6 - - 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 5 - - -
Net Other Losses (5) - - (5) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (5) - - - -
Other Overseas
Total Losses 3 5 (3) 1 - 3 (4) (1) 1 4 2 (2) 9 (1) 2 - (10) (2) (1) - 11 (8) (1) - 1 - - - - - -
Combat & Accident Losses - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Retirements 3 5 (2) - - 3 2 - - - - 1 7 - - - (10) - - 1 (1) 1 (1) - - - - - - - -
Net Other Losses - - (1) 1 - - (6) (1) 1 4 2 (3) 9 (1) 2 - - (2) (1) (1) 12 (9) - - 1 - - - - - -