1./NAGr. 1
1./NAGr. 1
(Unit Code Q1+)
Formation. (November 1944)
Formed on or about 22 November 1944 at Langendiebach/Hesse (ex-1.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 121) and equipped with Messerschmitt Bf 109G single-seat reconnaissance aircraft. Plans changed and it was decided to convert the Staffel to the Me 262 jet as will be seen below.[1]
Germany. (December 1944 - May 1945)
10 December 1944: Staffel in transfer from Langendiebach to Herzogenaurach.
10 January 1945: at Herzogenaurach.
5 February 1945: Herzogenaurach under Stab/NAGr. 1.
February 1945: began receiving Messerschmitt Me 262 jets at Herzogenaurach.
21 February 1945: Staka Oblt. Knoll killed in a crash at Landsberg/Lech while taking conversion training.
1 March 1945: Staffel assigned to 15. Fliegerdivision for operations effective this date. Missions were greatly restricted by the critical shortage of fuel and the ever-present danger of enemy fighters catching the pilots while taking off or landing. Those sorties that were flown were mainly along and to the west of the Rhine.
9 March 1945: ordered to be transferred from Herzogenaurach to Rhein-Main.
25 March 1945: now in transfer to Fritzlar-North.
1 April 1945: ordered to move to Zerbst with Me 262s.
6 April 1945: now ready for operations from Zerbst with 7 Me 262 A-1s under 15. Fliegerdivision. Ordered to provide reconnaissance coverage of the central area as far west as Frankfurt/Main.
11 April 1945: transferred to Alt-Lönnewitz.
28 April 1945: shown under Stab/NAGr. 1 with Me 262s. No mention of the Staffel has been found after this date.
FpN:1./NAGr. 1 (L 01902 B?), (L 17920?).
Staffelkapitän:
Oblt. Werner(?) Knoll (c.22 November 1944 - 21 February 1945) †
Hptm. Friedrich Dünkel (c.22 February 1945 - c.8 May 1945)
© by Henry L. deZeng IV (Work in Progress).
(1st Draft 2022)
References
- ↑ G.Tessin - Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945, Teil 14: Die Luftstreitkräfte (Osnabrück, 1980); N.Kannapin - Die deutsche Feldpostübersicht 1939-1945, 3 Bde (I – III) (Osnabrück, 1980-82); M.Jurleit - Strahljäger Me 262 im Einsatz: Alle Geschwader, Gruppen und Kommandos (Berlin, 1993), p.116; PRO London: DEFE 3 ULTRA signals HP8068, HP9167, BT1989, BT6376, BT9223, BT9693, KO310; AFHRA Maxwell: decimal 512.625S (British Air Ministry) OKL document; BA-MA Freiburg: Signatur RL 4 II/32; BA-MA Freiburg: Signatur RL 40/Kart; M.Holm-website ww2.dk.