The Tuskegee Airmen impacted aviation history by becoming arguably the most dominant fighters of World War II. For example, The Tuskegee Airmen shot down or damaged thirty-six German planes mid-air and destroyed 237 planes on the ground. Also, they destroyed almost 1,000 train cars or transportation vehicles on the ground, having thirty-two soldiers captured as prisoners of war, and only having to face sixty-six fatalities, whether that be in air or on the ground ("Tuskegee Airmen..."). Additionally, they flew over one-hundred and fifty escort missions and only let twenty-seven bombers go down (Haulman).