WW2 Control of the skies over Europe

Admiral Beez said:

With the exception of temporary and narrow tracks of territory in Russia, I would argue the Germans never achieved air supremacy anywhere.

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Admiral Beez said:

OTOH, I'd say the British, with their radar-directed interceptors never lost aerial superiority over their Home islands, and by the end of 1941 had achieved aerial supremacy. Look for instance at 18 August 1940, AKA the Hardest Day of the Battle of Britain, where "the Luftwaffe made an all-out effort to destroy RAF Fighter Command." The Luftwaffe got their arses handed to them.

It's a different story for the RAF in the Middle East and of course the Far East.

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Maromero said:

Different story after the defeat in the Battle of Britain when the roles where reversed and the RAF was the one making incursions into France. The Luftwaffe had by then introduced the Frederich and the Butcher bird into the fold. Many RAF pilots where lost and the Lufwaffe had a field day intercepting bombers over France. Losses in 1943 of the bomber crews is well documented to the point of attrition.

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