On 14 April 1945, several Ta152 fighters were scrambled from their base at NeustadtGlewe to intercept some Hawker Tempests strafing targets at the nearby town of Ludwigslust. The exact number of involved airplanes and even the outcome is not agreed upon by various sources describing the battle. Can we get to the bottom of this? Check out in this video.

Sources:
Dietmar Hermann FockeWulf Ta 152: The Story of the Luftwaffe's LateWar, HighAltitude Fighter
https://amzn.to/48GnBMR
Marek Murawski FockeWulf Ta 152 (Monographs)
https://amzn.to/4aURon8
Willi Reschke Jagdgeschwader 301/302 "Wilde Sau": In Defense Of The Reich with the Bf 109, Fw 190 and Ta 152
https://amzn.to/3TO6nsN
Marek Murawski JG 301 "Wilde Sau"
https://amzn.to/3tI363z
Falke Eins Towards perfection? The Focke Wulf (Tank) Ta 152
https://falkeeins.blogspot.com/2010/0...
Ludwigslust Aerial Combat A case of an overhyped fighter plane and a “mythical” fight
http://clocloz.altervista.org/history...

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