Fw. Hans Richter I/NAGr.1 24-12-1944

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Larry deZeng

To the best of my knowledge, Herzogenaurach was not intended to be an operational airfield for the Me 262. That entry came from an ULTRA signal, I believe, and appears to have been mis-translated. It probably means, "1./NAGr. 1 at Herzogenaurach began receiving Me 262s in February 1945."

Ultra makes pretty good sense overall on 1./NAG 1 and the Me 262. It does look like the Staffel (and definitely the ground echelon) was in Herzogenaurach but the jets were not. They had not been allocated their Me 262s as late as 15 March 1945, although the inference is that they are about to get them.