[Franek Grabowski]

I am reading this thread confused but with some amusement.
The idea of attacking aircraft on the ground was neither new nor stupid. The problem was in execution, but then the execution was poor. Allied losses, even if substantial, where replaceable. The German losses were irreplaceable, and way too heavy. So, that is now quite obvious. But then, reasons of the failure are less than obvious. There are several points worth of consideration, that should be answered before blaming the staff.
Alternately, there was a plan of Galland, that has been cancelled. We shall never know if it had been chosen. We may assume, however, that it would inevitably end up in a massacre of German fighters. Why? Because we have the record of combats through 1944. Galland could claim whatever he liked post-war, but it was under his command, Jagdwaffe suffered critical failures in 1943 & 1944.
Now, a pun aimed at some big heads. Ridiculing people trying to find answers to quite obvious questions, and calling them to make own research is a hypocrisy. Above all, not everyone has to do a research by oneself. Then, there are some people who do not bother to make even essential reading, well, plenty of them. But if a one comes with such questions following reading of a number of books, then it is the problem with the books, and not with the people. It is my observation, that most of the books are about number of kills, RLM numbers, etc. but there is almost nothing on personal relationship, relationship between ranks, responsibilities, training, planning and all other issues pertaining operations from a soldier to the general staff. Now we have to rely on decimated records, but several high ranking officers were still alive in 1980s, or even 1990s. They could have been interviewed but it seems nobody bothered to ask them such questions.