Kommando Nowotny

Kommando Nowotny
ActiveSeptember 1944 – November 1944
Country Nazi Germany
BranchLuftwaffe
TypeFighter aircraft unit
RoleAerial warfare
Air combat manoeuvring
Air supremacy
Airstrike
SizeAir Force Gruppe
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Walter Nowotny
Erich Hohagen
Aircraft flown
FighterMesserschmitt Me 262

Kommando Nowotny was a Luftwaffe fighter Gruppe formed during the last months of World War II for testing and establishing tactics for the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter, and was created and first commanded by Walter Nowotny, from whom it drew its name.