At the moment in university I am making a series of infographics about different planes in the second world war. I pretty much have them all done but I am struggling to get certain information about them and that is their K/D. The planes that I need this information for are:
Hawker Hurricane Supermarine Spitfire Messerschmitt Bf 109 Focke Wulf Fw 190A Mitsubishi A6M Zero Nakajima Ki-43
If anyone could help get me this information that would be fantastic.
What specifically do you mean by kill/death ratios?
There should be no problems getting information on the number of aircraft built, however, the manner in which aircraft were lost then becomes problematic as many aircraft were just designated as "lost in action" which could mean shot down by flak and/or fighters, mechanical failure, running out of fuel etc.
I also think that a kill/death ratio is a little simplistic, as the most important marker of survival in a dogfight was the skill and awareness of the pilot, rather than the aircraft he was flying.