 For this mission Specht wore his full dress uniform with medals instead of his flight suit . JG 11 was based at Darmstadt @-@ <unk> , <unk> , and Gross @-@ <unk> . I. / JG 11 , III . / JG 11 ( Fw 190 A – 9 ) , and II . / JG 11 ( Bf 109G ) mustered sixty @-@ five aircraft for this mission . Specht flew Fw 190 A @-@ 9 ( Wk . Nr. <unk> ) " Black 4 " . Overall the operation was a major failure . With the large proportion of inexperienced , green pilots , flight coordination was extremely difficult and due to the extreme secrecy many pilots were shot down by their own FlaK antiaircraft , who were not pre @-@ warned of the operation . It also resulted in the loss of a number of irreplaceable combat leaders . 
