VMF-222 were escorting the Mossies to 19 and were attacked by numerous 262's about half the way to target. They were relentless and wiped out most of the mossies during a continuous 25 minute running battle as the Mossies valently continued to push to target. I think there were only 2 , maybe 3 of the Mossies left when they put their nose down and pushed for the target in haste. We got a bit behind them and lost visual before they attacked so I do not know how many actually made it. When I finally arrived at 19 myself after regaining some alt (17k) there was a cloud of 109's and 190's that virtually wiped us out, quickly. Just myself and one other escaped and ran home under continuous attack by 262's determined not to let us make it home.
If you did not have much to engage while formation flying over 19 it was not because of a lack of committment or effort on the allied part.
Personally, I really had fun this frame. The coolest part was as I arrived at 19, watching a dozen 109's sweep from my right to my left with a bit of altitude and speed on me, almost in gun range I decided that a quick check of my 6 was in order because i was alone and saw at least 10 more 109's right there, 5 of them within D1000. Grabbed my skirt, screamed like a girl, headed for the deck at maximum speed, controls frozen, only to pull out with less than 500 feet to spare. And then came the running battle ALL the way home.
I gotta start taking screen shots.
