Allied air superiority in 1944: P-47 D Razorback decided it?

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Regarding German tactics and fighter strategy it seems reasonable that they wanted to concentrate in heavy bombers - these were the primary targets. Germans had cities and other vulnerable targets to defend from the terrible rain of bombs. Germans had less fighters and pilots than Allied so it made sense to try to avoid to lose them in fighter vs. fighter engagement.


Germans had a problem to deal with both heavy bomber campaign and their fighter escorts at the same time. It was easier for the Allied fighter forces - they could concentrate almost solely on the destroying of enemy fighters and thus seek fighter vs. fighter situations more aggresively. They had also planes (P-51, P-47, Spitfire IX) equal and in some respects superior to German standard fighters. The combat skills and tactics of the Allied fighter pilots were also updated - the Allied had learned their lessons and incorporated the German inventions in their combat training and tactics.

Germans had not anymore their earlier advantages (technical superiority and superior tactics) which did contribute so much to their earlier success against Allied fighters up to 1942. At the Eastern Front they could hold more time in air with their superior tactics compared to Soviets but even there the sheer enemy numbers were too much at the end.