 The Fw 190s attacked in threes and achieved hereto achieved the greatest success in a single pass; four bombers went down.The attack was imperfectly completed; several Fw 190s pulled up behind the bomber stream instead of diving away and were damaged by the tail gunners—one pilot from 7./JG 2 was shot down.On 30 December over Lorient, the US Eighth Air Force lost another three bombers in exchange for one Fw 190.