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Ed, which former commander transferred to a 262 unit? Hartmann, who replaced Ernst, who replaced Harder, was the commander that Lipfert replaced. Strange that he does not name this commander.

from a link in the other thread:
"In late Oct of 1944 JG53 was located to a base north of Budapest, Hungary."

Mezopetre is EAST of Budapest and the next base Maklar is more EAST than north of Budapest. Mende is EAST of Budapest. Papa is WSW of Budapest. Piestrany is SOUTH of Budapest. Another base used by I./JG53 was Veszprem which is SOUTH WEST of Budapest. This is the base he was flying from when he was shot down Mar 4 1945.

Aachen is WEST of Koln. Strange that he does not name which Gruppen of JG53 he went to. Is not a German squadron a staffel?

Just too many holes in his story. And, his unwillingness to come here to fill in any details speaks volumes.