How many plane crashes world war 2?

US Losses were approximately 65,200 airplanes during WW2: Approximately 15,000 aircraft were lost in the US by training/operational accidents. 1. US Army Air Force/Air Corps losses (to all causes) were approximately 18,500 airplanes in the ETO, and 4,500 aircraft in the PTO/CBI. (ETO-European Theater of Operations; PTO-Pacific Theater of Operations; CBI-China, Burma, India Theater of Operations). 2. US Navy/Marine losses (to all causes) were approximately 4,234 airplanes in the PTO (Pacific Theater of Operations).