Operational Strength of the U.S.A.A.F., Europe (1942-45)

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	1942			1943				1944				1945
	Jun	Sep	Dec	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Mar	Apr
Heavy Bombers	-	178	219	303	834	931	1,610	2,259	2,929	3,398	3,351	3,412	3,332
B-17	-	144	178	229	783	835	1,302	1,487	1,471	1,927	2,168	2,367	2,291
B-24	-	34	41	74	51	96	308	772	1,458	1,471	1,183	1,045	1,041

Medium Bombers	-	10	29	18	336	484	443	837	804	843	998	873	821
B-25	-	9	23	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
B-26	-	1	6	17	335	484	443	837	804	843	998	873	821

Light Bombers	-	9	8	2	0	0	25	289	387	508	692	718	809
A-20	-	9	8	2	-	-	25	289	387	440	371	327	320
A-26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	68	321	391	489

Fighters	-	133	516	358	146	943	1,862	3,419	3,046	3,470	3,585	3,952	4,250
P-38	-	133	168	56	2	93	380	707	568	379	257	250	244
P-39	-	-	177	22	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
P-40	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P-47	-	-	88	203	141	811	1,215	1,920	1,632	1,840	1,735	1,932	2,057
P-51	-	-	-	-	-	34	266	792	803	1,203	1,548	1,694	1,867
Night Fighters	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	43	48	45	76	82
Other	-	-	83	62	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Reconnaissance	-	13	51	37	97	131	171	231	339	516	584	571	564
F-4/5	-	13	15	19	11	20	79	118	134	184	179	194	188
F-6	-	-	-	-	86	24	36	71	138	222	292	244	254
F-8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	35	65	65	89	78
Other	-	-	36	18	-	87	56	37	32	45	48	44	44

TOTAL COMBAT	-	343	823	718	1,413	2,489	4,111	7,035	7,505	8,735	9,210	9,526	9,776

Transports	-	119	25	26	72	96	253	1,165	1,678	1,834	2,083	2,150	2,179
C-46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	138	197
C-47/53	-	119	25	26	11	15	157	985	1,348	1,471	1,653	1,584	1,532
Other Hvy./Med.	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	11	25	9	53	74	74
Light Transports	-	-	-	-	61	81	92	169	305	354	376	354	376

Trainers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	75	84	76	72	101
Advanced	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	75	84	76	72	101

Communications	-	-	72	118	98	112	123	219	625	661	897	899	974

2nd Line & Misc.	9	126	24	11	258	130	131	136	460	637	860	871	897

TOTAL	9	588	944	873	1,841	2,827	4,618	8,562	10,343	11,951	13,126	13,518	13,927

Notes:

(1) All dates end of month.

Source: Personally compiled from Army Air Forces Statistical Survey; World War II.

Last modified: 10 December 2022