1./ Versuchsverband des O.K.L. - May 1st 1945

[Larry deZeng]

1./Versuchsverband des OKL
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Nov 44: Rheine flying Ar 234 recce over the British Isles, particularly the east coast ports.
30 Nov 44: Staffel reported 7 x Ar 234s, 6 x Me 262s and 4 x Ju 88 As and Ts on strength.
7 Feb 45: transferred to Kaltenkirchen/30 km N of Hamburg this date.
10 Feb 45: Ar 234 shot down by a fighter over Rheine, 100%, the pilot, who belonged to 1.(F)/123, was KIA.
11 Feb 45: 1.(Eins.) Staffel consisted of Einsatzkommandos Götz and Sommer with Ar 234s and Einsatzkommando Braunegg with Me 262s, and was directly under the General der Aufklärungsflieger for operations; total Staffel personnel strength was 18 officers and 115 NCOs and men.
13 Feb 45: Ar 234 crashed near Oranienburg, 100%, Hptm. Josef Bisping and Hptm. Albert Vogel both killed.
20 Apr 45: ordered disbanded along with the rest of Versuchsverband d. OKL.

FpN: L 52193

I was unable to find any record of it after 20 April. Perhaps it was disbanded at Kaltenkirchen as ordered and a few of the surviving Me 262s were flown to Uetersen during the last week of April.

Einsatzkommando Braunegg, which was the Me 262 component of the Staffel in 1945, was at Kaltenkirchen to 29 Apr and then transferred to Schleswig/Land where it surrendered on 8 May.

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