On this day, the USAAF dispatched 730 Bombers to Berlin protected by 801 escort fighters. This force was met by a total of 463 German fighters. This number included 20 Bf 109s of III./JG 54 that took-off from the airfield at Lüneburg at 11:22. During this air battle, the pilots of the Gruppe claimed eight B-17 bombers shot down, for the loss of five Messershmitts with another two damaged. This resulted in four pilots KIA and two WIA. One of the pilots that where wounded this day was "Fritz" Ungar, that with foot woounds made a force landing in his "Yellow" 6 at Hornfeld near Hoya. The damaged to his machine was however reported to just 20%.

The pilot that most likely shot down Ungar this day was 2nd/Lt. Marvin H Becker of the 63rd FS of the 356th FG flying in his P-47D-22. This was to be Beckers first claim of the war. In all the 56 FG managed to claimed 11 enemy figters, most if not all of them Fw 190s, in fact it was only Lieutenant Becker who claimed an unspecified fighter shot down this day.

To sum up the days fighting, the combined force of 615 P-47s from 8th Air Force, from the following units: 56FG, 78FG, 352FG, 353FG, 355FG, 356FG, 359FG and 361FG claimed 36-7-12 of attacking German aircraft and 1-0-12 on the ground for the loss of seven P-47 and another four damaged with three pilots KIA, two WIA and another pilot taken POW.

In total the USAAF claimed 178 enemy fighters shot down this day, 36 probably shot down, and another 81 damaged. The Luftwaffe on the other hand claimed 94 bombers and ten USAAF fighters shot down, with another 90 bombers and nine fighters damaged.

This shows rather inflated numbers, not uncommon during a prolonged day of heavy fighting involving close to 2000 aircraft. The true losses for the USAAF on this day was 75 heavy bombers and 14 fighters, with another 347 of the four-engine bombers damaged, for the total loss of 701 USAAF pilots and airmen KIA or taken POW. The true Luftwaffe losses were 62 fighters with another 18 German fighters damaged, for the human cost of 38 pilots KIA and 22 WIA.

PS. Its interesting to note that both combatants used a Blue color as their unit recognition marking.