[drgondog]

Eric - it seems you have fingered the primary opponent of the 355th on the 24th. That spot just north of Munich is where both the 357FS and 354FS got half of their claims, the other half scattered from Regensburg area to east of Munich to S and SE of Munich.

The 358FS spread themselves thin to fill the vacuum to cover the assigned B-17s.

This is one great example of the Luftwaffe being able to find a spot between groups (357 and 355) based on strung out bomber formations and load up the local area with a lot of fighters. The 1st BD lost at least 7 in that area plus 7 that went to Switzerland..

The 357FG and 355FG overlapped the fight area, 357 getting there about 20 minutes earlier.

Thanks again!