[drgondog]

They were smart - when the 355th showed up, III./JG26 slipped into the cloud cover to stalk the bomber force. If they were the gruppe that shot down Norman and Hillman (357FS/355FG) it was because they caught them alone to the east southeast of Erding as the bomber stream was heading south from Erding to the IP in the SW of Munich.

Then the 41-B separated from 41-A at the IP and headed toward Oberphaffenhofen alone. One flight of the 354FS/355FG intercepted a staffel of JG3 and shot nine of them down (Bob Woody got four and shared a fifth for a DSC).. as they were engaged with this smaller force, JG26 filled the vacuum and shot down several more B-17s plus forced several to seek Sweden.