Fronterprobungskommando 262? - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

Larry deZeng · #3 5th December 2017, 19:10

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appt. Fuehrer of Fronterprobungskommandos Me 262 under Gen. d. Schlachtflieger (to 05.05.45)..."

That's a new one on me, too. Erprobungskommando 262 was officially disbanded on 2 November 1944, according to the authoritative book by Beauvais, p.288, when its training and evaluation component was used to form III./Erg.JG 2.

Speculating, I wonder if this had something to do with Hitler's insistence that the Me 262 be used as a Jabo (Jagdbomber)? If so, a small E-Kdo. might have bee set up to evaluate its performance at the front as a fighter-bomber.

L.

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