[Laurent Rizzotti]

Another big difference between the Channel and Tunisia was that in the latest theater, the Luftwaffe had an Army to support, and to protect from Allied fighter-bombers. Most of the mission flown were of a tactical nature, while on the Channel front German fighters concentrated rather against B-17 raids, and were not much concerned by RAF Circuses at this stage of the war (RAF day raids were not hitting strategically important targets).

For me North Africa is closer to Eastern Front than the Channel in term of Luftwaffe goals, successes and failure. The German pilots had plenty Allied tactical aircraft to chase and more or less were unefficient against Allied heavies, that punished them by blasting many Axis aircraft on the ground.