Sonderkommando Göttingen

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Originally Posted by sveahk

Hello

I have a report by a Oberstingenieur Schenk visiting the Fliegerhorst Finow, dated 1.3.45. There he states, among other things, that the resident Werftabteilung 11/III Finow are just finishing up a "Beuteflugzeug Hawker-Taifoon"(sic) to be used by the Sonderkommando Göttingen.

I haven't found any references to this Sonderkommando, so, did it really exist or was it just another desperate last minute brainchild with no practical importance??

Friendly yours

Hans

Hans, I just found this in my research from an online source. I can't find the linke right now but thought you'd like to see it:

During November 1941 Galland left the famous fighter wing, JG 26, to take over from Molders as General of the Fighters. Shortly after consolidating his new command Galland asked that the technical officer of JG 26, Obit. Walter Horten, be transferred to his staff. Horten, with his elder brother, Reimar, had been working for about ten years on the development of all-wing aircraft, building several successful gliders to test his theories. Now, having the opportunity to converse with some of the Luftwaffe's leading generals (an opportunity further helped by the fact that he was married to Udet's secretary), Horten managed to elicit verbal agreement from Goring for him and his brother to set up a special group {Sonderkommando 9) at Gottingen to build more advanced all-wing aircraft. Of these, the most important was the Ho IX fighter of which two prototypes were to be completed, one as a glider, the other with twin turbojets.