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Originally Posted by Juha
Hello Richard
KG(J) 54 was the Ju 88A equipped KG 54 converted to a jet fighter unit equipped with Me 262s. See: http://www.ww2.dk/air/kampf/kg54.htm
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Juha
Thank you for your reply however, I think that I did not make it clear that it was SKG 54 that I could not find any information on, and not KG(J) 54.
That said, I did appreciate your intention to help.
Regards Richard.
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Originally Posted by Merlin
A new II./SKG 54 was formed from personal of IV./KG 54 on 20.10.44 at Gardelegen. If I remember correctly, the group was intended to be equipped with the Do 335. No aircraft were received by the group until 5.01.45 when they became remamed II./(KG(J) 54. The next week they were transferred to Kitzingen, where the first Me 262A-1a were taken over the next days.
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Merlin
Thank you very much for your post as it certainly VERY interesting indeed!
Since first posting I did see an entry in book 'Bomber Units of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945. A Reference Source' - by Henry L. de Zang IV & Douglas G. Stankey mentioning that IV/KG 54 was sometimes referred to as SKG 54 however, so far that is all I can find in print.
The time frame for the original Soldbuch owner certainly 'fits' with what you have desrcibed as he was assigned from Stab/KG 30 to 5./SKG 54 on 24-November-44, and then assigned to a Luftwaffe signals unit in Jan-45.
Can I ask your source material for the II./SKG 54 information came from? The Do 335 input certainly caught my eye!
Regards Richard.