Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mukurwa kukuru kuna 27 Mbudzi, 2 Zvita, 24 Zvita na 14 Ndira, 357th Fighter Group yakataura 137.5 ndege pakurasikirwa kwepfumbamwe Mustangs. 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. Pana 24 March, kubhururuka nharaunda patrol pedyo Gütersloh kudzivirira
Allied airborne crossing of the Rhine, yakasangana ne20 Bf 109s yeJG 27 uye yakapfura 16 pasina kurasikirwa.