[Leo Etgen]

Hello Evgeny

According to the book Major Nowotny quickly replaced Oberleutnant Müller with Oberleutnant Teumer due to the fact that the former had not claimed any victories with the Me 262. I have no idea what was Müller's next role but he later served with JV 44 and survived the war. However, Teumer was killed in a flight accident on 4 October and thus Leutnant Schall replaced him. Oberleutnant Bley was succeeded following his death on 28 October by Oberleutnant Eder. Regarding the activities of Eder in September 1944 and October 1944 we now are discussing an aspect that has bedeviled me for a long time. We know that he served as Gruppenkommandeur of II./JG 26 from 4 September in succession to Hauptmann Lang until 8 October when he was replaced by Major Hackl. However, we also know that he was serving with EKdo 262 (and later Kdo Nowotny) during the same time and even recorded victories with these units. So it appears that although he was Gruppenkommandeur of II./JG 26 he simultaneously was attached to and was receiving jet training and claiming victories with EKdo 262 and later Kdo Nowotny!

Horrido!

Leo