345th Bombardment Group
Air Apaches
Fifth Air Force B-25 Strafers
11 November 1942 to 29 December 1945
Vital Statistics for the 345th Bomb Group
Asia-Pacific Theater WWII
Sorties 10,609 • Strike Sorties 9,120
Combat Flying Hours 58,562
Number of Bombs Dropped 58,171
Tons of Bombs Dropped 6,340
Ammunition Expended 12,586,000
Aircraft Lost 177
Personnel Lost on Flights 580
Total Personnel Lost 712
Losses Inflicted
Shipping Destroyed - 260 Vessels, 202,600 Tons
[Shipping] Damaged - 275 Vessels, 114,736 Tons
Aircraft Destroyed - 260 on Ground, 107 in Air
Campaigns
New Guinea; Bismarck Archipelago;
China Defensive; Southern Philippines;
Leyte; Luzon; Western Pacific;
China Offensive; Air Offensive, Japan
Dedicated 7 Sept. 1984
Courtesy hmdb.org
