 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Pakupera kwa1943, kudzivirirwa kwemhepo kweGermany kwakawana kubudirira kwenguva pfupi kurwisa USAAF Eighth Air Forcethe SchweinfurtRegensburg missionuye Kurwisa Kwechipiri paSchweinfurt kwakanga kuri kukunda kwokuzvidzivirira kwakakundwa pamutengo mukuru zvikuru uye nokubatanidzwa kwaSperrle kwakapoteredza. Muna February 1944, Big Week yakananga zvinangwa zveGermany neFrance. Mauto anorwa echiGermany akaparadzwa mumwedzi miviri yakatevera. Mukutungamirira kusvika muna June 1944, Luftflotte 3 yakaramba isina simba, uye yaiva nemhepo shomanana yekurwisa ndege; inenge yose yakabva kuEastern Front. Vatyairi vengarava dzaSperrle vaifanira kurwisa mauto akanga achiuya kuzorwisa. Zvokutsigira zvakabva kuLuftflotte Reich, asi hapana mumwe wevatyairi wendege akanga arovedzwa nokuda kwemabasa okurwisa pasi. 