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There was a typo in my manuscript here: Unternehmen Ziesig should read Zeisig.

Ultra BT 908

II./KG 40 reporting no Ar 234s on 31st [December 1944]: 32 crews (nil ready), three off strength to LG 1, one to III./KG 40; nine to strength from KG 100.

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Deciphered German reports giving the Werk Nummern and tactical markings of all 25 Me 262s on strength with I./KG 51 on 6 January 1945. Also the Werk Nummern of eight aircraft transferred to the Gruppe on 3 January from II./KG 51. These data are supplemented with information from subsequent strength returns that month.

Deciphered reports giving the codes of all I./KG 51's serviceable and unserviceable Me 262s on 4 February 1945.

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Ultra HP 8280

On 29th [November 1944] Kaltenkirchen (comment: dispersal of 16 aircraft of I./KG 26 here authorised on 17th, HP 6998) reported its maximum capacity was 20 aircraft as dispersal tracks only in part available.

Ultra BT 798

Indents for III./KG 26 on 30th [December 1944] (a) by GAF Station Leck for equipment for aircraft armament; (b) by (fair indications Leck) to KG 26 Trondheim for preparation of 40 maps of Norway area.

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Carsten Petersen says that this aircraft was photographed on 19 May 1945.

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Carsten Petersen says that this aircraft belonged to 14/KG 200 and was photographed on 19 May 1945. This photograph and caption were supplied by the publisher, so I can't offer an opinion either way. Jörn Junker gives the location as Tirstrup.

14./KG 200 was established at Dedelsdorf on 6 November 1944 from the former 2. and 4. Staffeln of II./KG 200. It was to be a training Staffel for all aircraft types.

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Bottom photograph: interesting to note that the aircraft in the foreground still has its rear cockpit machine gun although the weapon has been removed from the upper turret.

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Information compiled from deciphered German signals with the Werk Nummern and/or tactical codes of 97 Me 262s — almost all belonging to KG 51 — between late February and late March 1945.

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The caption of the profile does not refer to the aircraft depicted. The correct details are given in the photo captions on the same page.

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There is an error in the table (thanks to a typo in my manuscript): IV./KG 200 was in fact at Tirstrup on 6 May 1945.

According to documents of the RAF Air Historical Branch in the Imperial War Museum, just after Germany's surrender, Stab IV./KG 200, the 13., 15. and 16. Staffeln and 4./Fliegerhorst Betriebs Kompanie KG 200 were all at Vejle, Denmark; 14./KG 200 was at Tirstrup.

On 13 May 1945, 13./KG 200 was at Flensburg and 14./KG 200 had left Denmark "for the south" as had the IV. Gruppe.

On 18 May, 15./KG 200 was in Stavanger, Norway.

Carsten Petersen says that the photograph was probably taken at Grove, Denmark.

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Captions to photograph and profile (supplied by the publisher): Marcel van Heijkop advises that another source for this picture places it in Holland in September 1944.