Kommando Nowotny | |
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Active | September 1944 – November 1944 |
Country | Nazi Germany |
Branch | Luftwaffe |
Type | Fighter aircraft unit |
Role | Aerial warfare Air combat manoeuvring Air supremacy Airstrike |
Size | Air Force Gruppe |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Walter Nowotny Erich Hohagen |
Aircraft flown | |
Fighter | Messerschmitt 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.