Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukurwa kukuru kuna 27 Mbudzi, 2 Zvita, 24 Zvita uye 14 Ndira, 357th Fighter Group yakati 137.5 ndege pakurasikirwa kweMustangs mapfumbamwe. 357th yakava nemamwe mapoka maviri makuru nevatambi veGermany vasati vapera hondo. On 2 March 1945, escorting B-17s kuna Ruhland, boka akasangana ayo kakawanda vavengi JGs 300 uye 301 kokupedzisira nguva, kupfura pasi 14 uye kurasikirwa mumwe Mustang. Pavakanga vachidzokera kumusha, vachipfura nhandare dzendege, boka racho rakanga rava nedzimwe P-51 ina dzakapfurwa nebhomba rokurwa nadzo, uye vatyairi vaviri vakafa. Musi wa24 March, kubhururuka nharaunda patrol pedyo Gütersloh kudzivirira Allied airborne kuyambuka Rhine
, yakasangana ne20 Bf 109s yeJG 27 ndokupfura 16 pasina kurasikirwa.