Kommando Nowotny was a Luftwaffe fighter Gruppe formed during the last months of World War II for testing and establishing tactics for the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter, and was created and first commanded by Walter Nowotny, from whom it drew its name.

Nowotny was to evaluate and establish tactics for the newly developed Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter.

[4] The units first commander and namesake was Major Walter Nowotny who had previously commanded I. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 54 (JG 54—54th Fighter Wing) on the Eastern Front and the training unit Jagdgeschwader 101 (JG 101—101st Fighter Wing).

[3] After Nowotny took command of the Kommando, he submitted a demand for staff, requesting many former JG 54 pilots as possible.

During the landing approach, Teumer's aircraft suffered engine failure killing him in the resulting crash.

On 19 November, remnants of Kommando Nowotny was redesignated at Lechfeld Airfield to III.

[6] On 24 November, Kommando Nowotny was officially disbanded and ceased to exist as an independent unit.

In the time from 4 October to 24 November, a total of 24 enemy aircraft were claimed shot down for a loss of 28 Me 262s either damaged or destroyed.