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![]() Dear members,
I am currently finishing an article about Luftwaffe operations on the Eastern front in 1945 for Flugzeug Classic Jahrbuch, the German aviation magazine. A particularly obscure topic which I would like to mention is the use of the Messerschmitt Me 262 against Soviet forces. May I ask what is the current state of knowledge on the subject? I am aware of only very limited mentions of operations against Soviet forces by Me 262s based in the Prague area in late April and early May 1945, frequently repeated in the literature, but with very few details given. Has anything more detailed been published recently? Everyone is welcome to either reply here, or contact me by private message. Regards, Dan
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Re: Messerschmitt Me 262 jet operations on the Eastern front - what is known?
Hallo Dan,
look at the books published by Japo: Messerschmitt Me 262s of KG and KG(J) units Messerschmitt Me 262 production - Arado Ar 234´s final operations there are details, Jan |
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Re: Messerschmitt Me 262 jet operations on the Eastern front - what is known?
Try these from the Bundesarchiv (downloadable)
RL 2-II/389: Morgen-, Abendmeldungen, Nachträge, Nachträge zu Schadensmeldungen (Lw. FüSt. Ic Meldewesen). Bd 5: Reichsgebiet (April 1945)) RL 2-II/393: Morgen- und Abendmeldungen Ost.- Feindtätigkeit und eigener Einsatz Bd. 3 (April 1945) RL 2-II/840: Morgen- und Abendmeldungen Reichsgebiet.- Feindeinflüge und Schadensmeldungen, Bd. 3 (1.–13. März 1945) RL 2-II/841: Morgen- und Abendmeldungen Reichsgebiet.- Feindeinflüge und Schadensmeldungen, Bd. 4 (16.–31. März 1945) There were a few strafing sorties against vehicle convoys in the Cottbus area in April 1945, flown by elements of JG 7 and KG(J) 54. That and the ops from Prague were about it in the east as far as I know. |
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