During the August 17th Schweinfurt/Regensburg double mission, German Bf110 nightfighters were pressed into action to hunt down and pick off crippled American heavy bombers which had been knocked out of formation. But the nightfighter pilots were caught by Wolfpack P47s of the 56th fighter group and several were shot down. The Thunderbolts found the Bf110s to be easy prey - "meat on the table."
