Looking for info on the Ta152s shot down by the RAF

[Procopius]

In a moment of temporary insanity, I recently purchased an Aoshima Ta152H-0. As far as I know, three Ta152Hs were shot down by RAF fighters -- one by a Tempest from 486 Squadron and two by Spitfire XIVs from 414 Squadron. (EDIT: Two by a LONE Spitfire XIV from 414 Squadron.) So good work Dominions! My question is, does anyone know if there were any photos taken or colour profiles made of any of these three Ta152s?

[The wooksta V2.0]

Not so insane, it's a nice kit to just build. Just remember to sort out the fuselage top cowl as there's a step - easy fix, just invert it, run a scalpel blade along the grooves and then press down gently whilst glueing to get it to splay out to meet the fuselage sides.

One of the Aoshima boxings had an Air Min number and RAF roundels, but I don't recall which one. Looks so much nicer in captured markings.

[Antti_K]

Hello Procopius!

I have couple of books about Ta-152. The older one (by Dietmar Harmann) gives some information:

"The Stabsschwarm suffered it's first loss at Neustadt-Glewe. During the afternoon of 15 April 1945 several British Tempests strafed rail installations at Ludwigslust. Four Ta-152s took off to intercept. The Ta-152 H of Obfw. Sepp Sattler was lost before combat was joined for reasons unknown. The remaining Ta-152s engaged the Tempests of No.486 Squadron at low level. Obfw. Willi Reschke positioned his "White 1" behind the Tempest being flown by Lt. Mitchell and damaged it's tail assembly with his first burst. Thus warned the Tempest pilot now at low level tried to escape the Ta-152's field of fire by turning even tighter. While this posed no problem for the Ta-152 H the Tempest stalled and crashed in a nearby wooded area."

Was Sattler shot down or what caused his crash? The book doesn't tell. Neither it tells any particulars of Sattler's plane. Another piece of information:

"According to information provided by Herr Mehling then a Leutnant in Stab JG 11 all appeared to have been test aircraft since no two were alike."

"During it's last transfer to Leck the unit was engaged by Spitfires resulting the loss of two Ta-152H."

It is possible that these pre-production aircraft came from Teststelle Rechlin and were those intended for service with Jagdstaffel Roggentin. The fates of W.Nrs 150 006 (CW+CF), 150 008 (CW+CH), 150 009 (CW+CI) and 150 011 (CW+CK) is unknown. It is possible that two shot down examples are in this list.

I couldn't find a single photograph on any of these planes but I can have a closer look.

Best Regards,

Antti