Top Fighter Squadrons of WWII
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Materiel losses during World War 2 were massive. According to one source, Germany produced a staggering 119,907 aircraft of all types and most were destroyed or damaged during the war. The United States lost 52,951 of their 95,000 aircraft in operations over Europe and the Pacific. The Soviet Union lost 46,100 of their aircraft in combat, and the incredible statistics go on and on.
In the middle of all this carnage in the air, were the fighter squadrons of the Allied and Axis powers. In this video we take a look at a dozen remarkable fighter units of World War 2.
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