 Generals Alfred Keller and Adolf Galland had scheduled an inspection at Achmer for the afternoon of 7 November 1944 . Galland had already visited Kommando Nowotny several times and was deeply concerned over the high attrition rate and meager success achieved by the Me 262 . After inspecting the two airfields at Achmer and Hesepe , he stayed in the Penterknapp barracks discussing the problems of the past few weeks . Several pilots openly expressed their doubts as to the readiness of the Me 262 for combat operations . 
