[drgondog]

Thanks to you both. The data agrees with what I have. I am convinced that Krupinski and Jahn were the 109s that hit Zemke. JG 11 didn't get to the bomber stream until 1215 and Rall by his own account was flying high Cover to II./JG coming in from NE.

I would still like to dig into the operational profile of JG 5 that day but the places of the J-Reports contained in Piper/Johnson MACRs are Far too south and too early for the main clash with the 3rd BD. They were still 50 miles west of Frankfurt when the attack on Zemke occurred.

Two other factors - Rall's claim resides in the JG11 history but doesn't have a time, nor does Rall claim two P-47s, just one in the history.

Thank you again, this is just in time to make a correction in my book.


Bill Marshall