German success against the Nijmegen and Remagen bridges.

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by tcolvin

Thank you for the information, Nick; much appreciated.

I would also appreciate information about how the German jets bombed under EGON guidance, and the accuracy obtainable by their version of Oboe/GEE-H?

Tony

Ultra CX/MSS/T485/1:

Signed Jedele, Fhr., at 1600 hours 9th [March 1945]:-
Employment with III./KG 76 from 1(B% 4) 15 – 1545 hours on 9th, attack on Remagen bridge. Leading a/c £ Führermaschine £ was directed into the target area and to the point of dive though cloud £ Durchstosspunkt £.

NOTE:- Jedele controls Egontrupp Achmer (473/87)

BA-MA RL2 II/118: «Gen.Nafü (1.Abt.II) Vortragsnotiz betreffend Egon-Führung für Nachtschlachteinsätze auf Brücke und Brückenkopf Remagen» says that with good crews, accuracies of plus or minus 200m in range and 0.25 degrees in bearing were attainable.