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TABLE 29. ANTIAIRCRAFT LOSS AND DAMAGE,
By Plane Model, Carrier-Based and Land-Based, by Years.

1941-42

BASE PLANE MODEL

SORTIES ATTACKING TARGETS

LOSS AND DAMGE TO ENEMY AA

PERCENT OF SORTIES MEETING AA

% LOST OF A/C HIT

Total

With AA Present

Lost

Damaged

Lost

Damaged

CARRIER

1,976

1,238

47

66

3.8

5.3

42

F4F

456

169

15

14

8.9

8.3

52

F6F

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

SBD

1,209

817

18

37

2.2

4.5

33

SB2C

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

TBF

142

83

3

4

3.6

4.8

43

TBD

169

169

11

11

6.5

6.5

50

LAND-BASED

1,564

804

30

51

3.7

6.3

37

F4F

224

113

3

13

2.7

11.5

19

F4U

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

F6F

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

SBD

1,149

550

18

15

3.3

2.7

55

SB2U

17

17

1

3

5.9

17.6

25

TBF

135

101

2

16

2.0

15.8

11

PBY

39

23

6

4

26.1

17.4

60

PB4Y

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

PV

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

TABLE 29. ANTIAIRCRAFT LOSS AND DAMAGE,
By Plane Model, Carrier-Based and Land-Based, by Years.

1943

BASE PLANE MODEL

SORTIES ATTACKING TARGETS

LOSS AND DAMGE TO ENEMY AA

PERCENT OF SORTIES MEETING AA

% LOST OF A/C HIT

Total

With AA Present

Lost

Damaged

Lost

Damaged

CARRIER

4,217

3,632

44

485

1.2

13.4

8

F4F

107

86

2

6

2.3

7.0

25

F6F

1,481

1,293

24

187

1.9

14.5

11

SBD

1,147

973

6

89

0.6

9.1

6

SB2C

237

213

2

31

0.9

14.6

6

TBF

1,245

1,067

10

172

0.9

16.1

5

TBD

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

LAND-BASED

11,944

9,090

86

433

0.9

4.8

17

F4F

56

24

4

2

16.7

12.5

57

F4U

1,053

427

18

23

4.2

5.4

44

F6F

131

66

2

6

3.0

9.1

25

SBD

6,022

4,941

23

215

0.5

4.4

10

SB2U

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

TBF

4,077

3,249

31

116

1.0

3.6

21

PBY

184

131

2

33

1.5

25.2

6

PB4Y

217

156

2

31

1.3

19.9

6

PV

204

96

4

6

4.2

6.3

40

TABLE 29. ANTIAIRCRAFT LOSS AND DAMAGE,
By Plane Model, Carrier-Based and Land-Based, by Years.

1944

BASE PLANE MODEL

SORTIES ATTACKING TARGETS

LOSS AND DAMGE TO ENEMY AA

PERCENT OF SORTIES MEETING AA

% LOST OF A/C HIT

Total

With AA Present

Lost

Damaged

Lost

Damaged

CARRIER

69,752

44,684

567

2,060

1.5

4.6

24

F6F

33,592

21,019

283

817

1.3

3.9

26

F4U, FG

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

FM

4,274

2,137

22

42

1.0

2.0

34

SBD

3,539

2,526

16

131

0.6

5.2

11

SB2C, SBW

12,341

9,328

162

424

1.7

4.5

28

TBF, TBM

16,006

9,674

174

646

1.8

6.7

21

LAND-BASED

59,716

31,614

248

1,646

0.8

5.2

13

F4U, FG

27,498

10,868

110

422

1.0

3.9

21

F6F

1,587

774

4

31

0.5

4.0

11

U/i VF

51

27

0

0

0.0

0.0

0

SBD

19,713

13,667

59

591

0.4

4.3

9

SB2C, SBW

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

TBF, TBM

4,109

2,765

27

251

1.0

9.1

10

PBY

993

308

6

59

1.9

19.2

9

PBM

37

18

2

14

11.1

77.8

13

PB2Y

76

46

0

14

0.0

30.4

0

PB4Y

1,068

512

15

101

2.9

19.7

13

PV

1,660

1,112

14

94

1.3

8.5

13

PBJ

2,884

1,512

11

69

0.7

4.6

14

U/i VPB

40

5

0

0

0.0

0.0

0

TABLE 29. ANTIAIRCRAFT LOSS AND DAMAGE,
By Plane Model, Carrier-Based and Land-Based, by Years.

1945

BASE PLANE MODEL

SORTIES ATTACKING TARGETS

LOSS AND DAMGE TO ENEMY AA

PERCENT OF SORTIES MEETING AA

% LOST OF A/C HIT

Total

With AA Present

Lost

Damaged

Lost

Damaged

CARRIER

61,951

41,943

680

1,808

1.6

4.3

27

F6F

21,965

16,338

233

678

1.4

4.1

26

F4U, FG

7,993

5,982

137

201

2.3

3.4

41

FM

7,651

3,396

40

130

1.2

3.8

24

SBD

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

SB2C, SBW

6,555

4,870

104

215

2.1

4.4

33

TBF, TBM

17,787

11,357

166

584

1.5

5.1

22

LAND-BASED

48,068

16,578

190

808

1.1

4.9

19

F4U, FG

18,047

7,208

84

211

1.2

2.9

28

F6F

1,191

269

7

6

2.6

2.2

54

U/i VF

27

24

0

0

0.0

0.0

0

SBD

17,013

4,602

13

97

0.3

2.1

12

SB2C, SBW

2,195

949

3

53

0.3

5.6

5

TBF, TBM

1,530

848

9

44

1.1

5.2

17

PBY

55

29

1

9

3.4

31.0

10

PBM

387

169

11

48

6.5

28.4

19

PB2Y

36

24

1

5

4.2

20.8

17

PB4Y

1,769

953

43

269

4.5

28.2

14

PV

569

304

11

41

3.6

13.5

21

PBJ

5,249

1,199

7

25

0.6

2.1

22

U/i VPB

0

0

0

0

0.0

0.0

0