A ?? RE: Norbert Hannig

[NickM]

I finished reading Norbert Hannig's War Memoirs--good read by the way, I STRONGLY recommend getting your hands on if you haven't all ready; I had a question about one of the engagements Hannig had with an 8th AF raid way out to Eastern Germany...so:

Who's the 8th AF FG who escorted the raid to The Meseritz Hydrogenation Plant in "Late" June 1944; Hannig flew out of Liegnitz as an instructor pilot leading a Schwarm of 1/JGr Ost's "einsatzstaffel" but was unable to reach the bombers...being chased away by the Mustang escort; he did manage to save his wingman Heino Cordes by shooting a Mustang down, off of his tail LITERALLY at treetop level---any ideas as to which US FG was involved in this fight and their losses/claims for the day;
I cannot pin down the date other than what Hannig said: "Late June";

TIA


NickM