Operational Strength of the U.S.A.A.F., Mediterranean (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	17	63	149	254	461	517	557	1,265	1,297	1,597	1,460	1,660	1,593
B-17	-	11	68	167	269	313	289	397	315	407	509	524	497
B-24	17	52	81	87	192	204	268	868	982	1,190	951	1,136	1,096

Medium Bombers	-	46	150	299	715	637	631	654	667	726	397	424	399
B-25	-	46	81	231	437	360	378	361	395	463	375	414	393
B-26	-	-	69	68	278	277	253	293	272	263	22	10	6

Light Bombers	-	-	32	99	166	126	109	121	114	109	90	171	168
A-20	-	-	32	99	166	126	109	121	114	109	88	68	38
A-26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	103	130

Fighters	-	59	542	1,439	2,048	1,512	1,530	1,760	1,798	1,374	1,370	1,317	1,284
P-38	-	-	134	416	514	296	216	341	337	299	318	375	335
P-39	-	-	33	202	347	258	240	375	244	-	-	-	-
P-40	-	59	259	634	717	579	432	298	139	-	-	-	-
P-47	-	-	-	-	-	-	299	368	544	617	509	352	298
P-51	-	-	-	51	290	187	133	197	481	413	491	534	588
Night Fighters	-	-	-	-	-	43	45	47	47	45	52	56	63
Other	-	-	116	136	180	149	165	134	6	-	-	-	-

Reconnaissance	-	-	48	79	104	94	65	75	141	151	180	145	158
F-4/5	-	-	21	34	37	52	48	42	84	104	173	136	150
F-6	-	-	-	20	27	20	16	30	54	43	4	4	5
F-7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
F-8	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
Other	-	-	27	25	40	22	-	1	2	4	3	5	3

TOTAL COMBAT	17	168	921	2,170	3,494	2,886	2,892	3,875	4,017	3,957	3,497	3,717	3,602

Transports	-	5	188	214	513	587	596	341	358	356	358	340	413
C-46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
C-47/53	-	3	186	209	476	505	524	283	297	305	301	287	346
Other Hvy./Med.	-	1	1	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Light Transports	-	1	1	4	36	80	71	58	61	51	57	53	58

Trainers	-	-	-	15	16	19	9	10	8	8	8	7	7
Advanced	-	-	-	15	15	15	5	6	5	5	5	4	4
Basic	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Primary	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Communications	-	-	-	-	17	3	18	80	37	135	104	214	217

2nd Line & Misc.	17	1	12	19	47	32	104	295	447	620	694	571	570

TOTAL	17	174	1,121	2,418	4,087	3,527	3,619	4,601	4,867	5,076	4,661	4,849	4,809

Notes:

(1) All dates end of month.

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

Last modified: 10 December 2022