- Erprobungskommando
An Erprobungskommando (EKdo) was a
Luftwaffe unit tasked with the testing of new aircraft and weaponry under operational conditions.Kommandos
"Erprobungskommando 16"
"Erprobungskommando 16" was formed March 1943 in
Peenemünde -West, as a test unit for the newMesserschmitt Me 163 rocket fighter. The unit was disbanded on14 February 1945 .Commanding officers
* Major
Wolfgang Späte , February 1943 - May 1944
* Hauptmann Toni Thaler, May 1944 - February 1945"Erprobungskommando 154"
"Erprobungskommando 154" was formed in November 1943 in
Langenhagen , to test the newFocke-Wulf Ta 154 night fighter."Erprobungskommando 162"
"Erprobungskommando 162" was formed in January 1945 in Rechlin-Roggenthin, to test the new
Heinkel He 162 jet fighter.Commanding officers
* Major
Heinrich Bär , January 1945 - May 1945"Erprobungskommando 262"
"Erprobungskommando 262" was formed in April 1944 in
Lechfeld to test the newMesserschmitt Me 262 . The unit was disbanded on26 September 1944 and used to formKommando Nowotny .Commanding officers
* Hauptmann Werner Thierfelder, April 1944 -
18 July 1944
* MajorWalter Nowotny ,19 July 1944 -26 September 1944 "Kommando Welter"
"Kommando Welter" was initially formed in November 1944 in Burg bei
Magdeburg as "Kommando Stamp", flying the Me 262A-1a, as an experimental nightfighter unit, but was soon renamed "Kommando Welter". The unit was redesignated 10./NJG 11 on28 January 1945 .Commanding officers
* Oberleutnant Gerhard Stamp, November 1944
* OberleutnantKurt Welter , November 1944 - January 1945References
*. ISBN 0-87474-275-7.
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