


US Navy Aviation Personnel Fatalities in WW2
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
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)
From 7 Dec. 1941 Through 31 Dec. 1946
OFFICERS | ENLISTED | ||||||
GRAND TOTAL | TOTAL OFFICERS | USN | USNR | TOTAL ENLISTED | USN | USNR | |
TOTAL DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES | 12133 | 5563 | 507 | 5056 | 6570 | 1818 | 4752 |
DEATHS--ENEMY ACTION | 3618 | 1602 | 163 | 1439 | 2016 | 648 | 1368 |
Air Combat | 2891 | 1425 | 151 | 1274 | 1466 | 499 | 967 |
Other Action | 727 | 177 | 12 | 165 | 550 | 149 | 401 |
DEATHS PLANE CRASHES--OPERATIONAL | 3632 | 1261 | 98 | 1163 | 2371 | 657 | 1714 |
DEATHS PLANE CRASHES--OTHER THAN OPERATIONAL /2 | 3257 | 2434 | 184 | 2250 | 823 | 167 | 656 |
DEATHS IN AVIATION ACCIDENTS--OTHER THAN PLANE CRASHES /3 | 143 | 37 | 3 | 34 | 106 | 23 | 83 |
DEATHS IN AVIATION ACCIDENTS NOT UNDER MILITARY JURISDICTION | 12 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
DEATHS ALL OTHER CAUSES | 1471 | 221 | 58 | 163 | 1250 | 322 | 928 |
Accidents other than Aviation Accidents | 998 | 93 | 15 | 78 | 905 | 242 | 663 |
Disease | 342 | 97 | 34 | 63 | 245 | 47 | 198 |
All Other | 131 | 31 | 9 | 22 | 100 | 33 | 67 |
Missing Not Declared Dead (Not Included in Above Totals) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
/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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