well after Bodenplatte some interesting things occurred for the LW day fighter units and as of 14 January nearly 3/4's of the JG's were then sent off to the Ost front for the final battles for Berlin. the Nachtjagd of course performed more suicidal ground attack missions for the beleagured Wehrmacht ground forces stuck in the Ardenne hell-hole and suffered accordingly, also the BC Mossie NF's became increasingly more persistant in engaging the LW at night.[/QUO. Very interesting information Erich, by the way do you know if George Preddy could had been involved in the aerial battle against the Luftwaffe on January 1st in case he had survived his last mission on December 25th 1944 or would had been just watching the dogfights from the ground?