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Heavy Bombers and Crews on Hand in the Eighth Air Force
August 1942 to May 1945

	Total Crews	B-17 Crews	B-24 Crews	Total H/B	B-17 A/C	B-24 A/C
Aug 42	39	39	-	104	104	-
Sep 42	76	-	-	178	144	34
Oct 42	128	-	-	296	234	62
Nov 42	205	-	-	247	180	67
Dec 42	176	-	-	219	178	41
Jan 43	155	-	-	214	175	39
Feb 43	146	-	-	255	186	69
Mar 43	190	-	-	303	229	74
Apr 43	231	-	-	590	502	88
May 43	340	-	-	705	599	93
Jun 43	455	408	47	846	783	51
Jul 43	596	553	43	856	820	24
Aug 43	806	613	193	907	786	109
Sep 43	933	708	225	971	835	96
Oct 43	1,116	796	320	1,138	907	197
Nov 43	1,960	1,427	533	1,554	1,166	294
Dec 43	2,081	1,472	609	1,686	1,302	308
Jan 44	2,147	1,479	668	1,817	1,341	433
Feb 44	2,163	1,429	734	1,998	1,412	553
Mar 44	2,155	1,285	870	2,295	1,487	772
Apr 44	2,496	1,461	1,035	2,647	1,492	1,070
May 44	3,225	1,715	1,510	3,137	1,502	1,435
Jun 44	3,550	1,816	1,734	3,100	1,471	1,458
Jul 44	3,996	2,291	1,705	3,492	1,695	1,609
Aug 44	4,000	2,392	1,608	3,662	1,829	1,606
Sep 44	3,671	2,412	1,259	3,659	1,927	1,471
Oct 44	3,587	2,348	1,239	3,818	2,143	1,330
Nov 44	3,686	2,407	1,279	3,795	2,123	1,321
Dec 44	3,869	2,553	1,316	3,706	2,168	1,183
Jan 45	3,925	2,615	1,310	3,534	2,125	1,077
Feb 45	4,201	2,746	1,455	3,702	2,269	1,066
Mar 45	4,204	2,850	1,354	3,761	2,367	1,045
Apr 45	3,760	2,587	1,173	3,688	2,291	1,041

Breakdown of B-17 and B-24 crews for period Sept 1942-May 1943 unavailable. Aircraft totals include replacements and second-line aircraft (training and restricted use) as well as those available for other than bombing duties. All figures are last day of month.

Source: The U.S. Strategic Bomber, By Roger A. Freeman 1975, London, England, McDonald and Jane's, ISBN: 0-356-08096-X