[Jim Oxley]

Here's some info on the RAF:

On May 1, 1945 the RAF had on charge 9,200 aircraft in all theatres. It concisited of 1,079,835 officers men and women. Of this total 193,313 were aircrew.

From 1939 to 1945 the RAF lost 70,253 officers, NCO's and airmen killed or missing on operations. Of that number Bomber Command lost 47,268 were killed or missing on operations - with a further 8,305 Bomber Command aircrew lost in non-operational flying (training /accidents etc). An additional 1,570 ground crew lost their lives to other causes in Bomber Command.

Bomber Command lost 10,123 aircraft over Europe alone (from Max Hastings book Bomber Command).

According to John Killen (author of "The Luftwaffe") the RAF lost 22,000 aircraft, and the USAAF lost18,500 planes in the European conflict, from the North cape to the sands on Libya.

I have no figures for the Pacific Theatre.