In March 1945, Hartmann, his score now standing at 336 aerial victories, was asked a second time by General Adolf Galland to join the Me 262 units forming to fly the new jet fighter.
=== Konec vojne ===Med 1. in 14. februarjem 1945 je Hartmann kot Gruppenkommandeur vodil I./JG 53, dokler ga ni zamenjal Helmut Lipfert.