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Originally Posted by kb
This appears to be an old thread but a note.
On 24 April IV/JG3 was still equipped with ME109s; it didn't convert to the FW190 until mid-May; the 190s encountered were almost certainly from Sturmstaffel 1 (which listed loss of 1-Uffz Heinz Steffen). II/JG1 was engaged around Strasbourg-Hagenau around 1245 and lost two 190s.
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You are right about IV/JG3 still flying 109s..
FYI - The 1245 encounters were JG1 and JG 11 along the Frankfurt-Worms axis (and Mannheim to Ludwigshafen) - all 4th FG Mustangs.
Sturmstaffel 1 (Steffen) Fw 190 was lost to LtC Dix of 355th ~ 1320 in the general Burgheim area. Another Sturm Fw190 was damaged by 355th n. Munich. Apparently Steffen saluted Dix when he bailed out.
Dix is also the probable shooter of Franz Schwaiger sw of Regensburg after a long chase.
The combined 355th and 357th FG lost three Mustangs to Me 109s and possibly one to a Me 110 if Steiner See is same as Lake Wessling. 7./ZG26 claimed a Mustang at Steiner See. Two other P-51s were lost colliding with their Me 110 victims so it it is possible that the Steiner See award was made on the basis of the collision... the two P-51s that 357th lost to MaC were ene of Munich in the Landshut/Erding area.
In all the Woods list has 8 Mustang/1 P-47 awards in Munich area (not possible for any P-47 to fly east of Mannheim) plus four 'supplemental claims'.
Total losses in fighters air combat with Me 109s were four P-51s (three in Waldkraiburg to Muhldorf area, one at Lake Wessling) and two to MAC w/Me 110s of ZG26 (which are not in Woods lists unless the ZG26 claim references a MAC award).
Dahl's claims 'raum Munich' to not seem anywhere close to actual losses.