sentences:  "General der Jagdflieger" (General of the Fighter Force) Adolf Galland hoped that the Me 262 would compensate for the Allies' numerical superiority.On 12 November 1944, the "Oberkommando der Luftwaffe" (OKL—Air Force High Command) ordered JG 7 "Nowotny" to be equipped with the Me 262.Galland appointed "Oberst" Johannes Steinhoff as its first "Geschwaderkommodore" (wing commander).