TONS OF BOMBS DROPPED
BOMBER SORTIES
FIGHTER SORTIES
CLAIMED ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYEDAND PROBABLY DESTROYED
BOMBER PLANES LOST
FIGHTER PLANES LOST * *
PERSONNEL LOST IN ACTION
BOMBER PLANES ASSIGNED TOCOMBAT UNITS * * *
FIGHTER PLANES ASSIGNED TO COMBAT UNITS * * *
PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO COMBAT UNITS * * *
UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES
ROYAL AIR FORCE *
THE BOMBING EFFORT
STATISTICAL SUMMARY
1,463,423
754,818
991,750
35,783
9,949
8,420
79,265
7,177
6,203
619,020
1,307,117
687,462
1,695,049
21,622
11,965
10,045
79,281
6,956
7,726
718,628
All Royal Air Force statistics quoted in this report are preliminary or tentative.
Includes fighter bombers and reconnaissance planes
Maximum strength of each air force
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March 1945
May 1945
August 1944
April 1945
August 1944
July 1944