Me 262 KG 54 Operations 27.and 28.March 45
 

Hello,

what kind of mission and in which area flown KG 54 combat operations on 27. and 28. and 29. March 1945?
TXS
Flugplatz Gießen

Re: Me 262 KG 54 Operations 27.and 28.March 45
 

Sorry, I mean KG 51 not KG 54

Re: Me 262 KG 54 Operations 27.and 28.March 45
 

27th March - III./EJG2 scrambled to intercept a raid on Lechfeld. Obstlt.Bar claimed 3 P-47's & Obstlt.Dahl 2 P-47's.

28th March - Allied intellegence suggests that some of II./KG51's Me262's were ferried to Zerbst for use by 1./NAG 1. B-17's from US 3rd Air Division were attacked my Me262's from I./JG7 near Braunschweig. Two B-17's from the 303rd and 401st Bomb Group were shot down. Two pilots are known to have made claims: Oblt.Stehle of 2./JG 7 and Oblt.Schuck of 3./JG 7.

29th March - Two Me262's from I./KG51 took off to fly meteorological and armed reconnaissance sorties on the Hammelburg - Aschaffenburg - Worms area. One aircraft broke off the operation before completion.

[source: "Me262, Volume 3" by Smith & Creek, Classic Publications, 2000]

Cheers,

Peter D Evans
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