[Andreas Brekken]

Hello, guys.

Although I am not an expert I do believe something is wrong here.

My information states that the III./J.G.54 (the old one) were redesignated IV./J.G.26 in the end of February 1945, while the II./Z.G.76 became a new III./J.G.54 in the beginning of February 1945. So in theory one would have an overlapping period where both units used the same designation.

Looking at the loss records, there is a distinct change in the turn of the month between January and February 1945 when the losses of FW 190D-9's stop, and FW 190A-8's appear in the loss listings for III./J.G.54. Also - at the same time IV./J.G.26 starts reporting FW 190D-9's.

II./Z.G.76 reports a Me 410 lost on 27.01.1945, the last entry I have for this unit.

In my opinion this is a clean cut case.

II./Z.G.76 -> III./J.G.54 (approx 01.02.1945)
III./J.G.54 -> IV./J.G.26 (approx 01.02.1945)

And I think we should keep the IV. Gruppe out of this, they were not involved at all I believe and were in fact redesignated II./J.G.7 during the first week of February 1945. I do not know if the 'new' IV./J.G.54 supposedly led by Schloßstein were in action at all, at least they reported no aircraft losses in the reporting period 01.02.1945 through 01.04.1945.

Best regards,
Andreas B