Willi Reschke, Focke Wulf 190, Me 109
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
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Willi Reschke erzählt von seinen Erlebnissen als Pilot. Insbesondere vergleicht er die P-51 "Mustang" mit der Focke Wulf 190 und Bf 109.-Willi Reschke tells about dogfight and he compares Focke Wulf 190 and Bf 109 vs. P-51 "Mustang".
Here we have one of the real war heroes. A guy who time after time, in the wars end, took off together with 30-40 comrades to intercept formations of 1000 bombers escorted by 1200 fighters, and survived and even got a number of kills
True, I dont see the bravery in attacking a small group of interceptors outnumbering them by 20:1
"Einzeln alleine braucht man vor der Mustang keine Angst zu haben." Bei dem Statement bleibt einem einfach die Spucke weg.
Man liest immer wieder, dass die Mustang den deutschen Piloten Furcht einflößte. Und Herr Reschke sagt das so selbstverständlich souverän, dass er vor der Mustang keine Angst hatte. Und das ohne Anflug von Angeberei, und ohne die Mustang kleinzureden ("Die war gut!"), man nimmt ihm das sofort ab! Erklärt das auch so nüchtern sachlich in klarer einfacher Sprache.
Denke es verhält sich wie mit Autos. Ein 20 Jahre alter Porsche kann auch ein Rennen gegen eine moderne Corvette gewinnen. Hängt alles nur vom Fahrer ab. Außerdem denke ich, dass die Mustang durch Hollywood auch stark überhöht wurde. Eine böse ME 109, die schon in Spanien gekämpft hat, hat halt keine Lobby. Am Ende war es wohl die Übermacht und das Fehlen der alten Hasen. Tolles Interview auf jeden Fall
Willi is incredibly cool !
Willi Reschke was the best soldier from WW2, greetings from Tabor (Czech republic), from the piece of land, where Willi Reschke jumped from his burned plane. (Battle of Tábor and Jindřichohradecko). Legends never die
Willi was a natural born pilot; he got started late in the Weltkrieg--- due to his abilities, just as it was in the case of Jimmy Stewart, he was initially assigned to flight instructor duties...Fliegeroh (comment below) asked where Willi lived; he was stuck in East Deutschland , that's why his book only came out in this century. gl
cool man!
ein guter erfahrener kampfpilot
Fantastisch - schade nur, daß nicht das vollständige Interview veröffentlicht ist, jedenfalls nicht unter dem Suchbegriff "Reschke",
I tried a translation. Don't judge too hard, It is a rather free translation to catch the meanings of his statements instead of presenting a meniculous translation of the phrases:
Q: How were the odds shooting down a Mustang (P51 D) with a TA or an 190?
WR: Well, how to say? I think every single (pilot) will have a different opinion on that.
But to be clear, the Mustang was good (capable). You must not underestimate her.
She was fast, agile, just good.
She had one big advantage against every single of our…
Well, I haven't had a dogfight against a Mustang with the TA anymore. A pity. In hindsight I regret not having a direct comparison. But with the 109 / 190 I had plenty of dogfights with the Mustang.
The Mustang was capable of making a very quick first turn, i.e. the initial turn.
It happened that (inaudible) she was already almost behind you. Many (German) pilots lost their nerves and dived away, which finished them right away anyway.
But if you kept on turning, you got her eventually.
Q: Then you got her eventually?
WR: Then you got her eventually. And if you knew that, and all the old hands knew that, they managed to…
Q: With the 109 (ME 109)?
WR: With the 109, and also with the 190. With the 190 it's been even easier, because the Messer… 109… well, if you haven't had the muscles, your arms got tired. She (the ME 109) had a kind of a steering resistance (Steuerdruck = steering pressure). Sometimes you had to pull with both hands. You've got tired.
Q: (inaudible)
WR: No, that worked fine with both / two.
I mean, she was good indeed (the Mustang). But… that doesn't mean you need to be inadvertily…
I'd say, the biggest threat was the overwhelming number. That's it.
A single one alone… you don't need to be frightened of a Mustang.
(WR appear to consider this might sound like boasting)
(with a calming tone) I'm just telling this out of my own experience.
But certainly… they were always like 10 or occasionally 20 of them, that was an overwhelming force. That was the dreadful.
If you seeked one of ours… there was no one… But Mustangs were always there. You had plenty of them around you.
Thanks so much for this
If only there were subtitles in English... In one of the other part of his interview there were
YT used to offer users to do translation for certain vids. But the quitted this years ago. I'd like to translate this.
I tried a translation (see upper comments).
Legend never die
Komisch. Bei N24 wird immer erzählt dass die Mustang das beste Jagdflugzeug des Krieges war. Ein ehemaliger Pilot der deutschen Luftwaffe, der im Kampf auf eben diese traf, war ganz anderer Meinung 😅. Flieg kleine Me 109 ! Du bist eine Legende.
Hi,
Do you know if it is possible to send a letter to W. Reschke ? I am looking for photo or info of JG301 Stab III during this period : 16 october 1944 - 15 April 1945. My grandfather was a mechanic on TA152H plane.
thx.
reschke told in this video that the mustang was good but not very good it was the advantage of the allies in the last days of the second war.reschke shot down 24 bombers and 5 fighters mustang,thunderbolt and a tempest.
aikishugyo Many German pilots lost their nerve at that point and dived out, whereupon they would be immediately finished off.
yes germany had at the end of the ww2 pilots with 10 hours flightlessons . it was normaly to shoot down this guys.some of german aces shoot down a lot of mustangs,thunderbolds and spitfire. but the advantage was to much.
Thanks for the traduction, I'm trying like hell to learn German...
@@namenloser419 yeah they werent being trained properly and made the wrong move by diving when they probably should have climbed
Could you add emglish subtitles?
Wo ist der Rest?? :o
What part of Germany is Willi from? I can barely make out his German.
Erfurt
Does he say which 152's he flew, such as Green 1,9 Black 13..?
Wish there was a way to translate that to English.
Hi, Sam, you can watch the same interview with "subtitle" : Willi Reschke, Mustang... Regards Tom
Tom Muller thanks Tom I found it that was a good look from the 'other' side. the TA-152 was one of the better planes of that era IMHO.
thanks man, yeah that 'long nose FW' was a handfull to say the least. Chuck Yeager himself thought that the 190 was the best overall plane of WWII and Kurt Tanks version was a beast. With all the books (and I've read hundreds) I've read about WWII aviation the one theme that comes across strong is it's not so much the plane as it is the skill of the pilot. The US was able to churn out pilots on an industrial level whereas the Axis were hampered by losses and rushing pilots into the fray with little experience and the veterans fought til they died or were badly wounded. Didn't help having Goering running the show either, they really should've let Galland do it and follow his advice.
Imagine if the 'Star of Africa' would've lived man he was something else; too bad a mechanical failure brought that guy down.
Way too many without real knowledge give so much credit to the Mustang I've gotten into too many arguments with Mustang fanboys.
the subtitles in english make absolutely no sense sadly.
that is something youtube really needs to look at is the translation mechanism
Echoing another comment made before mine, WHY NO ENGLISH SUBTITLES for this video?
I would luv to hear what this German pilot has to say, yet I'm being denied 😒☹👎!
das war das Schlimme