Willi Reschke
 

Just learned that Willi Reschke has passed.

February 3 1922 - July 5 2017

Re: Willi Reschke
 

Sad to read that Willi passed away. R.I.P.
Luckely that he had the chance to publish the story about JG 301/302, the unit in which he flew duing WW2.

Dirk

Re: Willi Reschke
 

Sorry to hear this, always a very helpful gentleman.

Re: Willi Reschke
 

So sad! May he rest in peace...

Re: Willi Reschke
 

I met Willi back in 1995, I was fortunate to have stayed with a bunch of Luftwaffe veterans at a hotel in Cambridge during that years "Flying Legends" at Duxford. A really nice guy indeed. RIP Willi!

Re: Willi Reschke
 

Really sad news.
He was the first flying ace that I talked to personally.

His book Jagdgeschwader Jg 301/302 'Wilde Sau' is highly recommendable !
https://www.amazon.de/Jagdgeschwader.../dp/3613018985

Möge er in Frieden ruhen !

Michael
Brandenburg, Germany

Re: Willi Reschke
 

Willi Reschke was buried today.

Re: Willi Reschke
 

Hello Seesul,

did you attend the ceremony ?

Michael

Re: Willi Reschke
 

I wish I was there but unfortunately not Michael. I was on vacation.
Here are at least some pics from our 3 meetings. Unforgettable moments.
2006 http://www.leteckabitvakarpaty.cz/ud...ova-akce-2006/
2007 http://www.leteckabitvakarpaty.cz/ud...ova-akce-2006/

Re: Willi Reschke
 

Good evening Seesul,

cool photos.
In which language did you speak to each other ?

Best greetings from rainy Brandenburg,

Michael

Re: Willi Reschke
 

Wir haben miteinander auf Deutsch gesprochen. During our visit in Germany with my American friend (WWII vet) I was pretty exhausted. I had to translate from English to German and Czech, then back from German to English and Czech...at the end of the day I didn´t know who I am ;-)

Ooops...I just realized that the second link to the pics from our meeting in 2007 that I posted in my previous post is wrong...it´s directed to this pics from 2006 again.
Here´s the right one - 2007 http://www.leteckabitvakarpaty.cz/ud...ova-akce-2007/

Greetings from Zlin

Roman

Re: Willi Reschke
 

Good evening Roman,

very impressing.
Did Mr Reschke have children ?

From him I learned that only four notable pilots flew the Ta 152 in combat:

• Josef Keil, 5 kills
• Walter Loos, 4 kills
• Willi Reschke himself, 3 kills
• Christoph Blum, 0 kills

Michael

Re: Willi Reschke
 

Good evening Michael,

yes, he had two sons. Thanks to one of them we could meet his father.

Roman

Re: Willi Reschke
 

Good evening Roman,

I enjoyed reading Willi Reschke's wonderful book very much.
Did you read it, too ?
Have you ever come across Ta 152 kills other than those scored by Reschke, Keil and Loos ?

Cheers,

Michael