During Feb-March 1945 1. Fliegerdivsion was subordinated to II. Fliegerkorps (previously Luftflotte 6) on the Eastern Front. A Fliegerdivision usually commanded a mixed force of no more than 5 or 6 Gruppen that included reconnaissance, fighter and ground-attack units. By this stage of the war the Russians were barely 100 miles from Berlin.
".. During the first three days of March 1945 units of 1. Fliegerdiv. destroyed at least 74 tanks, damaging a further 39 in continuous attacks..
On 1 March Kommandeur and Ritterkreuz holder III./SG 1 Maj. (Karl) Schrepfer flew his 800th combat sortie. On 11 March our fighter aircraft scored 25 'kills' while our Schlacht ground attack Fw 190s downed 12 enemy aircraft. Of note was the performance of Ofw. (Helmut) Mischke of III./SG 1 who, in two ground-attack sorties, scored 9 victories, 4 of which were returned while his Fw 190 was fully loaded. Eichenlaub holder Maj. Schroer, Kommodore of JG 3, returned victories 104-106 on 11 March and added another three on 15 March..."
( note: Kracker re Mischke "..17 known Western (sic) victories between 20 February and 11 March, 1945 with his bomb attached! (re-sic) Eight of these victories were scored on 20 February, 1945 and nine on 11 March, 1945..." )
