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III./ZG 26 > EKdo 262 > Kdo Nowotny question
Hello Evgeny
This is what I have been able to uncover on this question. According to German Jet Aces of World War 2 by Hugh Morgan and John Weal, EKdo 262 was formed on 9 December 1943 under the command of Hauptmann Thierfelder. The first three pilots arrived in January 1944 and in May 1944 a dozen additional pilots, six each from 8. and 9./ZG 26, arrived. Following the 25 May decree, those pilots who had not completed their conversion training returned to their original units but Thierfelder along with eight other pilots remained with the unit. Following the death of Theirfelder, Hauptmann Horst Geyer (18 victories) was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of EKdo 262. In mid-August 1944 the unit was divided into two Staffeln under the commands of Oberleutnant Müller and Oberleutnant Bley and which were built around cadres provided by 8. and 9./ZG 26. On 26 September these operational components of EKdo 262 were redesignated Kdo Nowotny and placed under the command of Major Nowotny while the Gruppenstab under the command of Geyer was redesignated III./EJG 2.
Horrido!
Leo
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