 "Geschwaderkommodore" Egon Mayer was among the 11 pilots killed and missing from both wings.Mayer, one of the few to achieve 100 victory claims against the Western Allies, had also downed 25 heavy bombers, more than any other pilot at the time of his death.The originator of the head-on attack probably fell to a P-47 Thunderbolt from the 365th Fighter Group.