Jagdgeschwader 1 / 9. Staffel / 22. April, 1944

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Originally Posted by kb

4FG figure of 33 P51s is taken from VIII FC Narrative of Operations for this date (courtesy of Tony Wood). 4FG had a number of aborts.

Hptm Eberle (III/JG1 Kdr) also claimed a P51, but I have no specifics of time/location.

We have several copies of the American pilot combat reports of this date. Most of the combat action were down on the deck. The German pilots flew very acrobatically, but they were downed one after another. The reason must be, that the young German pilots had not so much combat experience then the American pilots. Another reason would be, that the P51 had an higher technical standard then a Me 109 who was developed in the mid 30s.

Harry