Designed with an improved compressor to add to the type's speed at low altitudes, the F8 version of the Focke-Wulf Few 190 was one more attempt by the Germans to extend the service life of their most favored airframe. Despite the improvements and the technical superiority of the F8, the tide of the air war was rapidly turning against Germany by the time the F8 was introduced. As millions of tons of bombs rained across the German industrial heartland, fewer and fewer new aircraft made it to the front lines.