=== Kommando Nowotny and death ===In September 1944, Nowotny was made commander of a specialist unit dubbed "Kommando Nowotny", flying the newly developed Messerschmitt Me 262 out of airfields near Osnabrück.
Kot 37. prejemnik je 22. septembra 1943 prejel meče k viteškemu križcu kot priznanje za 218 zmag.