[Steve49]

Adriano,

Caldwell's 'JG26 Volume 2' notes two Fw190's from II./JG26 as lost in combat with P51's during the day, but these are all noted as being lost in combat with the 4th FG (from which they claimed two P51's return).

A third Fw190 (flown Uffz Neumann 4./JG26 who was killed) is noted as being lost to 'Spitfires' in the Nijmegen area, in return I./JG26 claimed three Spitfires. Caldwell credits the Fw190 to Spitfires 602 Squadron, though they only claimed two damaged and suffered no losses in return.

A later clash saw II./JG26 claim three Mustangs for no loss. Only two Mustangs appear to have been lost to fighters in the area (one each from 19 and 65 Squadrons, but about one hour apart. A second 65 Squadron Mustang is reported by '2nd TAF' as being lost to flak).

As always with an aerial battle there appear to be many questions and few answers! If the identification of 'Spitfires' was mistaken, then 65 Squadron may have been involved in the clash with I./JG26 (claiming one Fw190, for the loss of one of their own), in which case the later clash by 19 Squadron may have actually achieved no success for the loss of one aircraft. However 602 Squadron may have acheived more success, then they realised....

Caldwell puts the location of Uffz Neumann's loss as Kleve; 2nd TAF gives the locations for the 19 Squadron claim as 'W Emmerich' (at 17.00), whilst the 65 Squadron claim is 'SE Arnhem' (at 16.00). All of these are relatively in the same area!

Hope this make some sense, good luck in your research,

Regards,

Steve