Me-262 losses the 21st February 1945.

[Tom D]

According to "The Me 262 Combat Diary," Appendix II "Known Losses of Me 262 Aicraft," there were ten Me 262's lost on 21/02/45:

II/JG 7, Wk Nr 110810; III/JG 7, Wk Nr 110519; II/KG(J) 51, Wk Nr 170004; II/KG(J) 51, Wk Nr 500056; II/KG(J) 51, Wk Nr 170199; II?KG(J) 51, Wk Nr 170010; II/KG(J) 54, Wk Nr 111612; I/KG(J) 54, Wk Nr 111630; 10/NJG 11, Wk Nr 110600; and 2/NAufkgr 6, Wk Nr 110565.

Tom D

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Tom D

According to "The Me 262 Combat Diary," Appendix II "Known Losses of Me 262 Aicraft," there were ten Me 262's lost on 21/02/45:

...Wk Nr 110519; II/KG(J) 51, Wk Nr 170004; II/KG(J) 51, Wk Nr 500056; II/KG(J) 51, Wk Nr 170199; II?KG(J) 51...

Tom D

One problem of "The Me 262 Combat Diary" is that it's perpetuated the idea that there was such a thing as "KG(J) 51." I know of no wartime evidence that the unit was ever called anything but plain KG 51.

The September (I think) 1944 order creating the KG(J) units survives and has been published in a number of books. KG 51 was not one of the Geschwader listed to become a KG(J). All of those were withdrawn from operations, redesignated and retrained/re-equipped.

By then, I./KG 51 was operating the Me 262 in the bomber role; II./KG 51 was soon to join them; and III./KG 51 was flying night bombing/attack missions with the Fw 190 F & G (it would be renamed NSG 20 in November 1944).