German Regular Army the Luftwaffe were still all over Europe when Germany surrendered.Let me just add, too, we refer to this as the "ETO." That's bullshit. This war, once it really got going, was on Germany's home turf. For that reason, in itself, it had it even harder than Japan.
@ DonL; As far for the 109 being 'dead meat', hardly. It was a deadly foe right until the end.