The inspiration for this posting comes from
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=4923
On p. 67 of
Kriegstagesbuch No. 8 der III./ZG 26 [RL 10/257 p.0043] by an order of the
General der Jagdflieger [sic] on 26.09.44,
III./ZG 26 was to become
III./JG 6 under a
Major Novatny and the detachments
Erpro. Kdo 262 (under
III./ZG 26) at Schwäbisch-Hall, Leipheim, Erfurt-Bindesleben and Lärz were to report to Achmer on 27.09.44. As a follow-up, an order of the OKL [RL 2-III/63 p. 0089] turned
III. JG 6 into a
Kommando Nowotny. at the same time making
I./JG 5 into a new
III.JG 6 with conventional fighters.
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/album....pictureid=1230
351. This is an Me 262 A-1a of
2./Kommando Nowotny. Note that the aircraft numeral is on the nose and that there is no narrow yellow band behind the cockpit as on
EKdo 262 aircraft. The pilot pictured here is
Staffelkapitän Oblt. Franz Schall whose Me 262 W.Nr. 170047 "white 1" suffered 25% damage due to nose wheel failure on a stop-over at Braunschweig-Waggum on his transfer of an Me 262 from the Lärz detachment to Hesepe on 4 October 1944. The Me 262 camouflage in this picture has a low demarcation line on the nose at the wing root level. In contrast to the fuselage, the camouflage on the engine nacelle has a relatively high demarcation line.