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TABLE 55. SORTIES, BOMB TONNAGE, AND LOSSES IN NIGHT ATTACKS BY NAVAL AND MARINE AIRCRAFT, FOR ENTIRE WAR By Plane Model, Land-Based and Carrier-Based
BASE PLANE MODEL	PLANES TAKING OFF	PLANES ATTACKING TARGETS	TONS OF BOMBS ON TARGETS	OWN LOSSES ON ACTION SORTIES			PLANES LOST PER 100 SORTIES		PERCENT OF NIGHT SORTIES TO TOTAL SORTIES
				To Enemy		Operational	PLANES LOST PER 100 SORTIES
				A/A	A/C	Operational	Enemy	Oper.
LAND-BASED	5,164	4,973	2,796	37	3	32	0.8	0.6	3.8
PB4Y	102	92	78	1	0	4	1.0	3.9	2.8
PBJ	1,306	1,278	747	4	0	3	0.3	0.2	15.6
PV	449	377	310	2	0	6	0.4	1.3	16.7
PBY	997	1,058	870	6	1	5	0.7	0.5	72.2
PBM	165	142	58	9	0	1	5.5	0.6	32.6
PB2Y	64	56	74	0	0	0	*	*	45.1
F6F	1,327	1,300	268	3	0	2	0.2	0.2	32.0
F4U	74	70	9	1	1	1	*	*	0.1
SBD	121	110	31	2	0	1	1.7	0.8	0.3
TBF, TBM	559	490	351	9	1	9	1.8	1.6	5.3
CARRIER-BASED	636	582	204	12	0	12	1.9	1.9	0.4
F6F	301	267	19	4	0	8	1.3	2.7	0.5
F4U	17	16	0	0	0	0	*	*	0.2
FM	4	4	0	0	0	0	*	*	#
SBD	23	23	12	1	0	0	*	*	0.4
TBF, TBM	291	272	173	7	0	4	2.4	1.4	0.8
GRAND TOTAL	5,800	5,555	3,000	49	3	44	0.9	0.8	2.0
* – Not computed; less than 100 sorties. # – Less than 0.05.

TABLE 56. NUMBER OF NAVAL AND MARINE AIRCRAFT ATTACKING TARGETS AT NIGHT By Plane Model, Carrier-Based and Land-Based, Monthly
MONTH	CARRIER-BASED				LAND-BASED									GRAND TOTAL
MONTH	F6F	TBF, TBM	Other	Total	F6F	F4U	SBD	TBF, TBM	PBY	PBJ	PV	Other VPB*	TOTAL	GRAND TOTAL
May 1942							0	0	3				3	3
June 1942							0	0	5				5	5
August 1942							3	0	0				3	3
September 1942							17	1	0				18	18
October 1942							30	3	0				33	33
November 1942							7	0	0				7	7
December 1942							7	0	0				7	7
January 1943							0	0	2			0	2	2
February 1943							4	1	9			0	14	14
March 1943								129	7			11	147	147
April 1943								48	0			2	50	50
May 1943								105	0			0	105	105
June 1943								2	6			3	11	11
July 1943								9	16			7	32	32
August 1943	9	18	11	38				25	5		1	0	31	69
September 1943	31	30	12	73				0	10		3	2	15	88
October 1943	0	6	0	6				0	28		9	0	37	43
November 1943	0	24	0	24				37	43		14	2	96	120
December 1943	0	0	0	0				0	53		18	4	75	75
January 1944	0	0	0	0		2		6	135	0	25	19	187	187
February 1944	1	13	0	14		0		29	60	0	22	16	127	141
March 1944	0	0	0	0		0		27	83	56	43	3	212	212
April 1944	20	0	1	21		4		10	17	80	35	6	152	173
May 1944	0	0	0	0		0	36	0	74	92	90	15	307	307
June 1944	27	0	3	30	6	4	6	0	55	105	50	9	235	265
July 1944	12	0	0	12	0	37		0	63	117	10	8	235	247
August 1944	1	0	0	1	2	9		0	83	108	17	21	240	241
September 1944	1	0	0	1	8	0		0	93	68	0	0	169	170
October 1944	12	4	4	20	13	0		0	69	26	23	0	131	151
November 1944	4	0	0	4	259	12		0	51	70	16	3	411	415
December 1944	31	17	0	48	7	0		0	36	36	0	18	97	145
January 1945	5	15	0	20	24	0		0	31	47	0	2	104	124
February 1945	4	8	0	12	202	2		0	17	102	0	1	324	336
March 1945	24	33	0	57	147	0		0	2	32	0	29	210	267
April 1945	61	38	12	111	115	0		17	1	81	0	47	261	372
May 1945	18	47	0	65	181	0		41	0	77	0	37	336	401
June 1945	4	4	0	8	241	0		0	1	86	0	17	345	353
July 1945	2	15	0	17	95	0		0	0	74	0	5	174	191
August 1945	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	21	1	3	25	25
1942 Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	64	4	8	0	0	0	76	76
1943 Total	40	78	23	131	0	0	4	356	179	0	45	31	615	746
1944 Total	109	34	8	151	295	68	42	72	819	758	331	118	2,503	2,654
1945 Total	118	160	12	290	1,005	2	0	58	52	520	1	141	1,779	2,069
GRAND TOTAL	267	272	43	582	1,300	70	110	490	1,058	1,278	377	290	4,973	5,555
* – Including 92 by PB4Y, 142 by PBM, 56 by PB2Y.

TABLE 57. NIGHT AERIAL COMBAT RECORD, FOR LAND-BASED AND CARRIER-BASED NAVAL AND MARINE AIRCRAFT, MONTHLY
MONTH	LAND-BASED				CARRIER-BASED
	Own Aircraft On Mission	Own Aircraft Engaging In Combat	Enemy Aircraft		Own Aircraft On Mission	Own Aircraft Engaging In Combat	Enemy Aircraft
	Own Aircraft On Mission	Own Aircraft Engaging In Combat	Engaged	Destroyed In Combat	Own Aircraft On Mission	Own Aircraft Engaging In Combat	Engaged	Destroyed In Combat
July 1943	18	8	15	2	0	0	0	0
November 1943	6	6	8	8	3	3	4	2
December 1943	7	7	10	7	0	0	0	0
January 1944	12	7	6	3	0	0	0	0
February 1944	7	7	7	5	1	1	1	0
March 1944	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
April 1944	16	7	6	2	2	1	3	1
May 1944	17	3	3	1	0	0	0	0
June 1944	2	2	3	0	7	5	7	7
July 1944	0	0	0	0	9	5	4	4
August 1944	3	3	4	1	2	1	1	0
September 1944	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1
October 1944	2	1	1	1	17	12	10	10
November 1944	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1
December 1944	3	3	4	3	18	5	6	5
January 1945	0	0	0	0	4	3	4	4
February 1945	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	2
March 1945	0	0	0	0	9	7	12	11
April 1945	21	7	7	5	55	33	36	33
May 1945	31	20	26	25	20	12	17	16
June 1945	23	20	23	23	0	0	0	0
July 1945	9	9	10	9	0	0	0	0
August 1945	3	3	3	3	10	3	8	6
TOTAL	181	114	137	99	164	95	117	103

TABLE 58. NIGHT AERIAL COMBAT RECORD, BY PLANE MODEL, FOR ENTIRE WAR
BASE PLANE MODEL	OWN AIRCRAFT ON MISSION	OWN AIRCRAFT ENGAGING IN COMBAT	ENEMY PLANES ENGAGED		ENEMY PLANES DESTROYED		OWN LOSSES ON MISSION
BASE PLANE MODEL	OWN AIRCRAFT ON MISSION	OWN AIRCRAFT ENGAGING IN COMBAT	Bombers	Fighters and F/P	Bombers	Fighters and F/P	Enemy A/C	Operational
CARRIER-BASED	164	95	79	38	69	34	2	4
F6F	149	85	70	36	62	33	2	4
F4U	5	4	7	0	5	0	0	0
FM	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0
TBF, TBM	6	2	2	1	2	0	0	0
LAND-BASED	181	114	63	74	51	48	5	2
F6F	87	61	39	32	38	30	2	1
F4U	17	13	7	5	6	5	1	1
TBF	9	3	1	2	0	0	0	0
PV(N)	15	13	10	7	5	6	1	0
PB4Y	14	10	4	16	2	6	1	0
PBJ	30	8	1	8	0	0	0	0
PBY	8	5	0	4	0	1	0	0
PBM	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	345	209	142	112	120	82	7	6

TABLE 59. TYPES OF ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED BY NAVAL AND MARINE AIRCRAFT IN NIGHT AERIAL COMBAT, FOR ENTIRE WAR
PLANE MODEL, BASE	SINGLE-ENGINE FIGHTERS	SINGLE-ENGINE BOMBERS	FLOAT PLANES	TWIN-ENGINE BOMBERS OR FIGHTERS	FLYING BOATS	OTHER OR U/i	TOTAL
F6F, Carrier	12	7	11	48	13	4	95
F6F, Land-Based	12	5	12	37	0	2	68
F4U, Carrier	0	0	0	5	0	0	5
F4U, Land-Based	0	2	4	5	0	0	11
FM, Carrier	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
TBF, Carrier	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
PV(N)	0	1	7	3	0	0	11
PB4Y	1	0	4	1	1	1	8
PBY	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	25	15	39	102	14	7	202

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TABLE 56. NUMBER OF NAVAL AND MARINE AIRCRAFT ATTACKING TARGETS AT NIGHTBy Plane Model, Carrier-Based and Land-Based, Monthly

TABLE 57. NIGHT AERIAL COMBAT RECORD, FOR LAND-BASED AND CARRIER-BASED NAVAL AND MARINE AIRCRAFT, MONTHLY

TABLE 58. NIGHT AERIAL COMBAT RECORD, BY PLANE MODEL, FOR ENTIRE WAR

TABLE 59. TYPES OF ENEMY AIRCRAFT DESTROYED BY NAVAL AND MARINE AIRCRAFT IN NIGHT AERIAL COMBAT, FOR ENTIRE WAR

TABLE 55. SORTIES, BOMB TONNAGE, AND LOSSES IN NIGHT ATTACKS BY NAVAL AND MARINE AIRCRAFT, FOR ENTIRE WAR
By Plane Model, Land-Based and Carrier-Based

TABLE 56. NUMBER OF NAVAL AND MARINE AIRCRAFT ATTACKING TARGETS AT NIGHT
By Plane Model, Carrier-Based and Land-Based, Monthly