Date: 14th April 1945
Unit: Stab/Jagdgeschwader 301
Type: Focke Wulf Ta 152
Werke/Nr. ?
Coded: ?
Location: Near Neustadt-Glewe?
Pilot: Oberfeldwebel Josef Sattler Killed (Born 03.07.1915 in Waldershof.)
REASON FOR LOSS
On April 14, 1945, two Hawker Tempests of No. 486 (New Zealand) Squadron took off from the Volkel airfield in Holland in order to attack the railway yards at Ludwigslust. As they initiated their low-level attack, three Ta 152s of Stab/JG 301 were scrambled against them from Neustadt-Glewe, five miles away. Within minutes, the German aircraft hurriedly fell upon the New Zealanders. Oberfeldwebel Sattler, flying in No. 3 position in the German formation, lost control over his new plane and crashed vertically into the ground. In the following dogfight at almost tree-top level, Sattler's comrade Oberfeldwebel Willi Reschke displayed the superior manoeuvrability of the Ta 152 by out-turning and shooting down the Tempest flown by Warrant Officer Mitchell, who had no chance to survive.
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Family death notice regarding the loss of Josef (Courtesy Erich Brown)
