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Originally Posted by drgondog
Denes - I forgot that one despite the fact that a good friend of my Father, a Wayne Jorda, was flying the 'escort' portion of that mission. I would put it up on the wall, but loathe to rank it as fighter versus fighter when the P-38 Bombers were carrying 2-1000 lb bombs - that will definitely handicap one in a furball. Still it was a USAAF fighter. How many did the Luftwaffe lose on this mission?
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The German fighter units in the area claimed a total of 21 kills over the P-38s for the the loss of one Bf 109G with one other being lightly damaged. The units involved were:
II./JG 51: 1 P-38
III./JG 77: 11
I./JG 53: 6
10./JG 301: 1
IV./NJG 2: 2
The Rumanians claimed an additional 24 kills. I don't know what their losses were. One P-38 pilot claimed five Fw 190s which were actually the radial engined Rumanian fighter IAR 80.