A ?? RE: B17s in North Africa/Tunisia;

[NickM]

Guys:

I was re-reading some of my material RE: the air war in Tunisia & North Africa & I was surprised by the fact that the LW & the RA had to start dealing with fairly large formations of B17s---in fact it almost seems that they had a bigger problem that the LW units based on the Channel coast that were dealing with the 8th AF--I think that I heard that much of the materiel that was supposed to go to the 8th AF got rerouted to support the effort in Tunisia.
Another thing was the fighters in Tunisia didn't seem to have had a lot of luck against 'the heavies', as opposed to JG2 & JG26's efforts---at least after Egon Mayer finally hit upon the 'head on attack' as a tactic.

So anyways, here's my question: Didn't the experiences & the 'lessons learned' of the JG2/JG26 effort against the heavies get relayed to fighter units in the Med & Tunisia? What was the cause of their somewhat poor showing against B17/B24s?


thanks ahead of time & thank you for your indulgence;

NickM