Complex sentence: One Fw 200 and one He 1777 were shot down by the Grumman Wildcats and the rest kept their distance due to the combined efforts of the fighters and the ships' anti-aircraft fire.
Split into simpler sentences: One Fw 200 and one He 1777 were shot down by Grumman Wildcats. The rest of the Germans kept their distance due to the combined efforts of the fighters and the ships' anti-aircraft fire.