there were plenty of pilots that wanted to take the Ta 152 in the air till the very end but no fuel. JG 301's prime objective like most of the Reich Geschwadern in the spring of 45 was to stop the Soviets from entering Berlin....

E ~ the 162 was to be junked and swept forward and rearward jet a/c were coming off the tables. the Me 262 was being redesigned come 1946