- An
Erprobungskommando (EKdo) ("Testing-command") was a
variety of
Luftwaffe special-purpose unit
tasked with the
testing of new
aircraft and
weaponry under...
-
Zirkus Rosarius (also
known as the
Wanderzirkus Rosarius) was an
Erprobungskommando-style
special test unit of the Luftwaffe,
specifically of the Luftwaffe...
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pilots with the world's
first rocket-powered fighter,
occurred with
Erprobungskommando 16 (Service Test Unit 16, EK 16), led by
Major Wolfgang Späte and...
-
Germany during World War II and
entering service on 19
April 1944 with
Erprobungskommando 262 at
Lechfeld just
south of Augsburg. An Me 262
scored the first...
- 20 pre-production Ta 152 H-0s were
delivered from
November 1944 to
Erprobungskommando Ta 152 to
service test the aircraft. It was
reported that test pilots...
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special units used to test new
aircraft for
combat readiness (as
Erprobungskommando units) and
examples existed that only used the "Kommando" name, such...
- the
Russian tanks in the
Eastern Front. This
aircraft was used by
Erprobungskommando 25. The Ju 88 P-3 also used the twin BK 37 guns, and
added further...
- test-flown by the
Zirkus Rosarius, or
Rosarius Staffel, the
official Erprobungskommando of the
Luftwaffe High Command, for
combat evaluation at Göttingen...
- the
Lehrdivision (Instruction Division) but in
later years several Erprobungskommando units of
varying size were
created to test
specific new aircraft,...
-
Jagdgeschwader 54
fighter wing
until spring of 1942 when he
transferred to
Erprobungskommando 16, a test unit for the new
Messerschmitt Me 163. Pöhs was killed...
