Just curious about the P-51 FM

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Originally Posted by horseback

Certainly there had been some attrition, but they were winning and doing so easily.

Since 1939, until the end of 1943, the fighter arm of the Luftwaffe had suffered about 800% losses, meaning every unit was completely wiped out and replaced 8 times. About 3 times in 1943 alone. Pilot losses were nearly half of that.