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Re: 2./Erg.KG(J) ?
I.(Erg.)/KG (J)
Formation. (Nov 44)
Formed 21 November 1944 (23 November by another account) at Pilsen (Plzeň)/Czechoslovakia as Ergänzungs-Kampfgruppe (J)/IX.Fliegerkorps (J) with a Gruppenstab and 1. – 4.Staffel by renaming IV./KG 27 plus elements of IV./KG 55. Its function was to provide Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter conversion training for former bomber pilots and then serve as a source for replacement crews. Two months after formation, probably on 23 January 1945, it was renamed I.(Erg.)/KG (J) as plans got underway to expand the unit into a Geschwader. Due to the critical fuel situation, flying activity was severely restricted and conversion training never progressed much past theoretical classroom instruction.
Czechoslovakia and Germany. (Nov 44 - Mar 45)
Feb 45: transferred from Pilsen to Ansbach during the first half of February.
17 Feb 45: Bf 109G-14 crash landed NE of Ansbach, 40%, and same date a He 111H-10 crashed at Munich, 100%, 4 killed.
25 Feb 45: Bf 109G-6 crashed at Fp.Pilsen, 90%, Hptm. Eduard Skrzipek killed.
28 Feb – 2 Mar 45: 5 unrelated Bf 109G-6, Fw 190A-8 and Me 262A-1 crashes reported in the triangle Stuttgart-Nürnberg-Munich, these being the last known for the Gruppe.
Mar 45: moved from Ansbach to Gablingen.
29 Mar 45: renamed V./Erg.-JG 2.
FpNs: Gruppenstab (L 63318)
1.Staffel (L 60362)
2.Staffel (L 61396)
3.Staffel (L 62366)
4.Staffel (L 63352)
Kommandeur:
Hptm. Walter Engel (DKG) (21 Nov 44 - 9 Dec 44)
Hptm. Walter Grasemann (RK) (10 Dec 44 - 29 Mar 45)
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