One side effect of the Allied bombing campaign was wiping out the Luftwaffe as a force. Luftwaffe pilots flew until they died, that's why they had aces with hig

One side effect of the Allied bombing campaign was wiping out the Luftwaffe as a force. Luftwaffe pilots flew until they died, that's why they had aces with high kill counts, and pilots like Rudel decimating Russian tanks. In contrast, the US rotated pilots home and they helped train the next batch of fliers. The hard question is, what would have been the effect of using the bombing campaign for tactical missions? Would that have sped up Operation Cobra? Would it have helped in the Sicily campaign? I also think that Germany might have been a unique case; strategic bombing against Japan seems to have done a better job affecting their economy; alongside the submarine campaign against their shipping.