 Reinstated to front @-@ line service in September 1944 , Nowotny tested and developed tactics for the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter . He was credited with three victories in this aircraft type before being killed in a crash following combat with United States Army Air Forces ( USAAF ) fighters on 8 November 1944 . After his death , the first operational jet fighter wing , Jagdgeschwader 7 " Nowotny " , was named in his honour . 
