Volume III

During World War II, the U.S. military lost some 35,000 aircraft to enemy action, training incidents, typhoons, aircraft carrier deck mishaps, mechanical failures or just normal wear-and-tear where aircraft were scrapped and used for parts to keep others flying. Many just failed to return from their missions. To date, the 15,069 aircraft represented in this 3-volume set is the total number of U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard aircraft lost between 7 December 1941 and 15 August 1945, and lost outside the continental United States (CONUS). Volume I is the information on any aircraft lost that was attached to the 197 different ships in the database; Volume II is the information on any aircraft lost that was attached to any of the 713 squadrons listed in the database. Volume III is the total number of aircraft lost by their 176 different manufacturers, types and variants (including unknown variants) and represents the entire database to date.