In April, the pilots of JG 26 savaged a B-17 raid returning from Paris, downing four of the "dicke autos" (fat cars), and then successfully engaged the arriving Spitfire withdrawal escort. In the wild melee that followed, the Focke-Wulfs claimed five Spitfire kills for no losses. The leader of the Focke-Wulfs that day was "Wutz" Galland, the younger brother of General Adolph Galland. "Wutz", an exellent combat leader with a number of kills to his credit, would meet his end in August of 1943 at the hands of a 56th Fighter Group Thunderbolt pilot.
