Author Topic: Did 9/JG54 use R4M rockets on its FW 190D-9s?  (Read 1040 times)

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Did 9/JG54 use R4M rockets on its FW 190D-9s?
« on: August 13, 2026, 04:34:20 PM »
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Re: Did 9/JG54 use R4M rockets on its FW 190D-9s?
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2026, 05:33:36 PM »
Hi.

Short answer is no, because 9./JG 54 was no longer even in JG 54 by the time the R4M's were introduced. All of III/JG 54 was transferred to JG 26 in February 1945. becoming IV/JG 26. Furthermore, there is no mention in the JG 26 War Diary of them ever using R4M rockets.

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