[CENTURION]

Hello,

apparently there were 3 different combats on 5 January 1945:

1) Lt. Adams and Lt. Snedeker of 364th FS (357th FG) shared a FW.190 destroyed at 13.45 North of Hanau (about 80 Km NE of Mannheim) during an escort mission for 370 B.17s of 3AD.

2) As reported by Laurent, the P-47s of 404th FS and 405th FS (371st FG) clashed with FW.190s 10 miles W / 15 miles NW of Worms (20 Km NW of Mannheim) at 15.00/15.15, claiming 4 FW.190s destroyed (one by Capt. Cox) and 3 FW.190s damaged (one by Lt. Penne and one by Lt. McLeod).
They clashed with III./JG11 who reported a combat with P-47s near Kirchheimbolanden (22 Km WNW of Worms) losing 4 FW.190A-8s (Uffz. Faust KIA, Hptm. Funck and Fw. Witte baled out wounded, Lt. Pichocky crash-landed near Kirchheimbolanden wounded) but claiming 2 P-47s shot down (by Lt. Keil and by Fw. Pfeffer).

3) 2 Bf.109s were claimed shot down by 129 Squadron at 15.15 near Ludwigshaven.
They engaged the II./JG11 who reported a combat with P-51s over Mannheim losing 2 Bf.109s (Fw. Probst KIA crashed near Firnheim, Uffz. Druhe baled out uninjured near Mannheim). A P.51 was claimed shot down by Uffz. Druhe.

Sources:
"USAAF Credits for the destruction of enemy aircraft in air-to-air combat" of Frank Olynyk
"Jagdgeschwader 1 und 11 - Teil 3, 1944-1945" of Jochen Prien and Peter Rodeike

Hope this helps. Regards.

Marco