Operational Strength of the U.S.A.A.F., Pacific (1941-45)

	1941	1942				1943				1944				1945
	Dec	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec	Mar	Jun	Aug
Very Heavy Bombers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	133	163	345	602	878	1,042
B-29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	133	163	345	602	878	1,042

Heavy Bombers	56	70	181	220	275	332	411	532	649	686	850	877	764	873	950	883
B-17	56	70	167	168	132	101	80	67	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
B-24	-	-	14	52	143	231	331	465	649	686	850	877	764	873	950	874
B-32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9

Medium Bombers	-	48	140	170	210	224	471	525	478	733	824	872	726	679	615	568
B-25	-	23	35	89	140	184	435	488	478	733	824	872	726	679	615	568
B-26	-	7	43	22	19	40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other	-	18	62	59	51	-	36	37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Light Bombers	10	9	46	39	29	23	24	58	177	206	282	370	270	196	445	543
A-20	10	9	46	39	29	23	24	58	177	206	282	370	270	196	298	295
A-26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	147	248

Fighters	232	631	740	1,008	1,118	1,205	1,244	1,765	1,740	2,164	2,494	2,653	2,634	3,270	3,798	4,259
P-38	-	-	24	105	125	169	187	333	356	406	560	707	694	895	1,077	1,142
P-39	24	319	330	337	354	293	417	378	214	187	22	-	-	-	-	-
P-40	156	268	369	542	618	709	554	781	630	626	522	427	227	164	82	51
P-47	-	-	-	-	-	-	59	149	391	741	1,133	1,089	865	887	1,094	1,329
P-51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	77	100	189	204	330	681	1,149	1,316	1,506
Night Fighters	-	-	-	24	21	19	13	14	21	15	53	100	167	175	229	231
Other	52	44	17	-	-	15	14	33	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Reconnaissance	-	-	3	7	30	43	51	144	138	241	303	333	394	469	579	693
F-2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-
F-4/5	-	-	3	7	30	41	48	48	45	78	121	177	189	195	299	323
F-6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	14	55	117	116	132
F-7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	40	56	65	76	90	104	118
F-13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	30	26	52
Other	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	96	89	123	118	77	56	36	33	68

TOTAL COMBAT	298	758	1,110	1,444	1,662	1,827	2,201	3,024	3,182	4,030	4,886	5,268	5,133	6,089	7,265	7,988

Transports	9	21	88	111	110	166	229	436	545	623	951	1,264	1,479	1,595	1,860	1,983
C-46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	237	404	717	835
C-47/53	4	14	59	78	64	123	183	362	450	488	775	1,022	1,017	965	902	886
Other Hvy./Med.	5	7	25	29	34	32	23	20	18	12	10	48	23	29	34	42
Light Transports	-	-	4	4	12	11	23	54	77	123	166	190	202	197	207	220

Trainers	-	-	5	5	4	19	24	45	43	53	51	66	163	143	161	175
Advanced	-	-	5	5	4	5	15	19	23	34	33	45	71	64	102	135
Basic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	41	39	36	29
Primary	-	-	-	-	-	14	9	26	20	19	18	21	51	40	23	11

Communications	2	2	8	33	47	104	127	147	178	293	257	470	840	710	773	1,084

2nd Line & Misc.	118	113	108	111	87	77	69	139	306	344	477	867	865	749	830	777

TOTAL	427	894	1,319	1,704	1,910	2,193	2,650	3,791	4,254	5,343	6,622	7,935	8,480	9,286	10,889	12,007

Notes:

(1) All dates end of month.

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

Last modified: 10 December 2022