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Re: Ta152 loss
Hi Nick
Yes, I know the article from Luftwaffe in Focus. I wouldn't call the article excellent. Some things are new to me, others aren't. The map sketches are very bad. Sachau is west of Berlin and not south-west. I could name a few other things, but I don't want it. Another small example. In the same LiF page 2 and 3. Additions/corrections to Edition 17, photo L2. This non-commissioned officer is a radio operator and not a pilot. His radio operator badge is clearly visible. Now to April 14, 1945. This article is based entirely on Cescotti's statement in Jägerblatt 3/1992. That is wrong! In 2012, Cescotti confirmed Willi Reschke's statement in his book "Langstreckenflug". I don't want to say much about the individual passages, but I don't think Cescotti could see the air battle more than 10 km away from the ground. It is fairly flat land, with forests and the town is in between. The fact is that Sattler's crashsite is 10km NW of Neustadt Glewe. I was told where Sattler and Mitchell crashed, but I didn't have time to visit them in person. They are actually a few hundred meters apart. No, this April 14, 1945 near Ludwigslust was differently than it was portrayed in the LiF.
Rene
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