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US Navy Aviation Personnel Fatalities in WW2

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18 Apr 1947

ww2dbaseIn reply address not the signer of this
letter, but Bureau of Naval Personnel,
Navy Department, Washington 25, D.C.

Refer to No.
      Pers 2152-KFM

NAVY DEPARTMENT
BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL
WASHINGTON 25, D.C.

18 April 1947

MEMORANDUM

To:Chief of History and Research, DCNO (Air),
Attn: Mr. Van Wyen--Aviation History, Room 4929.
Subj:Aviation Personnel Fatalities in World War II.
Ref:(a) Telephone request from OP50D-1 of 14 April 1947.
Encl:(A) Aviation Personnel Fatalities in World War II from 7 December 1941 to 31 December 1946.

1. Enclosure (A) is forwarded herewith in answer to reference (a).

/signed/
Very respectfully
J. R. LEEDS
OinC, Personnel Accounting and
Statistical Control Section


CC to: Op55F1 (Capt. B.S. CUSTER, USN)




AVIATION PERSONNEL FATALITIES IN WORLD WAR II /1
From 7 Dec. 1941 Through 31 Dec. 1946

 OFFICERS ENLISTED
 GRAND TOTALTOTAL OFFICERSUSNUSNRTOTAL ENLISTEDUSNUSNR
TOTAL DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES1213355635075056657018184752
DEATHS--ENEMY ACTION36181602163143920166481368
   Air Combat2891142515112741466499967
   Other Action72717712165550149401
DEATHS PLANE CRASHES--OPERATIONAL3632126198116323716571714
DEATHS PLANE CRASHES--OTHER THAN OPERATIONAL /2325724341842250823167656
DEATHS IN AVIATION ACCIDENTS--OTHER THAN PLANE CRASHES /3143373341062383
DEATHS IN AVIATION ACCIDENTS NOT UNDER MILITARY JURISDICTION12817413
DEATHS ALL OTHER CAUSES1471221581631250322928
   Accidents other than Aviation Accidents998931578905242663
   Disease34297346324547198
   All Other131319221003367
Missing Not Declared Dead   (Not Included in Above Totals)432111 


/1 Aviation Personnel as defined in these data by the Records Division, to be all personnel classified and attached to Air Activities in Continental U.S. and Foreign Ashore; and Aviation Squadrons and Units Afloat. Ship's Company of Aircraft Carriers and Auxiliaries are not included. These statistics are undergoing revisions and represent changes processed through March 1947.

/2 Training and Ferrying.

/3 Not actually in flight, such as one occurring by being struck by propeller.

Enclosure (A) ww2dbase



Source(s):
United States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command

Added By:
C. Peter Chen





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