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When the Japanese tried this it resulted in The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot where, "four Japanese air strikes involved 373 carrier aircraft, of which 243 were lost and 130 returned to the carriers; many of them were subsequently lost when Taiho and Shōkaku were sunk. After the second day of the battle, [Japanese] losses totaled three carriers, more than 350 carrier aircraft, and around 200 land-based aircraft." {For a loss of approximately 40 US navy aircraft lost to enemy action.}
Why didn't the Luftwaffe record multiple Turkey Shoot days?
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There are no American aces with a 100 or even 50 victories; why would you expect Lw aces with 500? Their scores on the Eastern Front were very high, compared to any other front or theater.
On July 5 1943, first day of Kursk, the Soviets did lose a number of aircraft comparable to the Japanese losses on the first day of the Turkey Shoot.