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Re: Ta152 loss
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1) First, Shaw didn't simply reported that the Fw190 was flying towards East, he reported that the E/A repeatedly broke from East to West (even before the fatal approach of the Tempest). "I saw a single Fw.190 flying east at deck level ... The 190 broke ... the E/A straightened out east ... the 190 broke rather later & again to port ... It was a full deflection shot & I opened fire ... I fired a long burst ... flames appeared from the port side". It means that the Fw was hit on the port (i.e. left) side while he was flying toward West (after some previous breaks), by Shaw positioned South respect to the German and flying towards NW (to fire his deflection shot). So we haven't a Fw "flying with East course" but a repeatedly turning Fw that was shot down while flying towards West. 2) The repeated breaking is really consistent with an unaware pilot (Sattler) trying to catch sight of his comrades already engaged into the near battle. Had Skupina, flying alone, quite so good reasons to break again and again instead of running straigth toward East? 3) Garlin is about 20 km far from to Ludwigslust, not just 10 km. 20 km, especially into that war scene, are a not-so-negligible distance even for planes, for example is the DOUBLE distance from Neustadt-Glewe to Ludwigslust. And is HALF of the distance from Ludwigslust to Perleberg, which is the area covered by the Armed Recce of the four 486 Squadron Tempests. So the correct location identification given by Shaw for Garlin area in his report should have been "at half route from Ludwigslust to Perleberg", not near Ludwigslust, even if Shaw didn't knew the name of Garlin village. So, could it be that Shaw mistook Garlin for Ludwigslust? Of course it could be, but IMHO it's more likely that he didn't. 4) We would also think that witnesses did't recognize British insigna and mistook Tempest for "American planes". Again, it could be possible but Tempests are so different from P-47 or P-51, for colour (camouflaged vs usually silver) even more than for shape and insigna, that German citizen used to look every day at enemy aircraft on their heads, at low heigths, should had little difficulty to recognize correctly. Obviously, it could be that "American" here just means "enemy Allied planes" but this should be verified. All in all, I think that the "Skupina hypothesis" could have no more than 20-30% chance to be right. However, more investigations would be good. |
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Re: Ta152 loss
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I would like to get in contact with the creator of this website: http://clocloz.altervista.org/histor...14-4-1945.html I took a look at the interesting drawings of the dogfights betweenTempest and Ta152. I ask myself, if Shaw and Brooker shot down Sattler, why they leaved the area without help for Mitchell and Short? There was certainly radio contact between them? I stick to my "Skupina" hypothesis, it's just a hypothesis. Both swarms have separated for armed reconnaissance. One in the direction of Ludwigslust and one towards Perleberg. Mitchell and Short were attacked by the Ta152. The other two were too far south east and came too late for help. They certainly would not have left their comrades alone. Greetings, Rene |
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Re: Ta152 loss
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Since my last post in 2018, I have looked a little more closely at the events of April 14, 1945. I have read the ORB of the 486th sqdn and the combat reports. I have also read Cescottie's statements from the 1992 Jägerblatt, which are different in his 2012 book "Langstreckenflug", where he confirms Willi Reschke's report. Two weeks ago I was in Neustadt-Glewe and was able to determine where Josef Sattler died. This is not 8 km SW of Neustadt-Glewe as often reported, but about 10 km NW of Neustadt-Glewe. The air combat between Short/Mitchell and the two Ta152 where north of Ludwigslust, while Brooker and Shaw shot down a Fw190 10 miles (16 km) SE of Ludwigslust. Sattler and Mitchell were buried on April 16, 1945. Not side by side! Sattler was buried in the honorary section and Mitchell was buried as an "unknown Englishman" in the section where Russian prisoners were buried. Rene |
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If you don't already know it, I'd recommend Axel Urbanke's excellent article on Ta 152 operations in Luftwaffe im Focus No. 29.
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