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Re: jg1 vs 397th bg 23rd dec 44
Good evening Gareth !
It doesn't seem, that JG 1 was involved into the attack on 397th BG that morning of December 23rd, 1944.
The attack of the German fighter planes lasted between 10:37 hrs - 10:45 hrs right from the Moselle-river to the Eifel and ended in the Belgian-Luxembourg-German frontier area. At least 8 a/c of 397th BG were shot up by a/c of JG 11. But no B-26 claim by JG 1.
Unfortunately, there is no trace or evidence, that any unit of JG 1 was involved in this action. Neither the primary sources nor the secondary sources for JG 1 mention this.
The best source would be Jochen Prien, since he would know most of missions of JG 1 that Dec. 23rd, 1944.
Best regards !
Horst Weber
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