KG 53 Pilot Vollmer

[Stig Jarlevik]

Depending on how much "newbie" you are, one interesting aspect of the information listed is that your grandfather was retrained as a fighterpilot with a so called Ergänzungsgruppe (an advanced training unit also working as an Operational Training Unit), in this case Jagdgeschwader 1.

After retraining he was posted to the IV Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 300 and obviously ended his career with the 6th Staffeln, which was part of the II Gruppe.

It also seems he was a general officer with his unit and tasked with the political leadership/indoctrination ot its members, or have I misunderstood the meaning of NS-Führungsoffizier?

Finally in 2007 a two volume set (in depth study) was published about JG 300. Vol II covers your grandfathers period. Unfortunately it is not well indexed so I cannot see if he is mentioned anywhere in the book.

Cheers
Stig