I read somewhere and I can't remember where that the fighter planes numbers were greatly exagerated. Some guy said what they really killed was only like 3% of the actual reported number. I think it was an article on Whitman because there is that arguement that he was killed by a Typhoon.
I am not saying they were or were not, but in a King Tiger tank end of 1944, I think my biggest fear on the western front would have been airpower.
Just look at the battle of the bulge to see how airpower can change a fight.