Really can't be bothered to reply to all of your chitchat here horseback, as most of them are unrelated to what I said anyway, but as you mention JG 26 as the unit who "easily won" the air war in the west in 1943, JG 26 had to write off 400% of their average operational strength in 1943. And as losses are not the only thing indicative of winning, lets look at other aspects as well:
- it was tasked with protection of Germany and territories against bombing raids, which were conducted more frequently and more destructively by the end of 1943 than at the beginning of 1943
- it was tasked with the destruction of the enemy air forces, which by the end of 1943 were a lot stronger than they were at the beginning of 1943
Those are the facts. "Winning easily" looks different. By any rational standard.
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