 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mamiriro okunze akaipa akavamba mukati maDecember, nemafashamo akapararira, uye 168 Bty aifanira kununurwa nechikepe chomurwizi. Pakanga pane zvishoma basa kubudikidza Luftwaffe, asi musi wa17 December akaita anorova zvose pamwe Allied mberi, pamwe Focke-Wulf Fw 190s uye Messerschmitt Bf 109s kurwisa Waal mabhiriji uye zvombo zvehondo nzvimbo panguva yakaderera. Musi wa1 Ndira 1945, Luftwaffe yakatanga Operation Bodenplatte: kurwiswa kwezuva ne single-engined fighters kurwisa maAllied airfields uye mitsara yekutaurirana mukutsigira kurwisa kweArdennes. 74th AA Brigade yakashuma mapoka e25 kusvika ku30 varwi vavengi vachipfuura munzvimbo yayo mundege dzechina dzichibhururuka zvakaderera, nepo masangano madiki eMesserschmitt Me 262s akayambuka padanho repamusoro. Kwakanga kune kurwisana kwakaparadzana kweHAA kunosvika 15 nezvombo zveboka racho. 