Interesting info on aircraft air-to-ground weapons

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by KarabekianKaleun

Aircraft in WW2 in general were extremely inefficient, as proved by many reports after the war. How the myth was created of air superiority and its devastating effect in Normandy for example I do not know. Even if it certainly was a huge deterrent from a logistical point of view.

There was indeed air superiority over Normandy, but not in the way you might think. In the Battle of Britain the Germans felt they could only attack safely if the RAF was completely destroyed. The RAF wasn't destroyed so the Germans felt they couldn't invade. Over Normandy the big worry from the air was that the Germans might bomb the troops bogged down on the beaches. There were some scattered attacks, but there was no way the Luftwaffe could have sent bombers when they were outnumbered ten to one. That's real air superiority.
http://www.bergstrombooks.elknet.pl/normandy.htm