Dissolution
Specht's successor as JG 11 Kommodore was Jürgen Harder, formerly Gruppenkommandeur of I./JG 53. He died on 17 February 1945 near Berlin, crashing due to oxygen failure.On 24 April 1945 one pilot was lkilled in battle with Spitfires, P-51s and Yaks over Tempelhof, Germany.
The task of withdrawal to the West and surrender came to the sixth and last Geschwaderkommodore Anton Hackl, who surrendered the unit to British forces in early May 1945.
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