On This Day…April 14th
On 14 April, 1945, William Reschke flew the new Focke-Wulf Ta 152, ‘White 1’ for the first time.
He shot down a Hawker Tempest (No. 486 – NZ Squadron) flown by Warrant Officer Owen J. Mitchell who was killed.
A first hand description of the dogfight is given below, by Reschke himself.
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Sergeant Maurice Parker from Maine, US, with German lieutenant and sergeant prisoners in Anzio, Italy, 13th of April, 1944.
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Essex-class Aircraft Carrier USS Hancock (CV-19) at the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States, 14 Apr 1944, the day before her commissioning.
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An ISU-122 of the Ludowe Wojsko Polskie (Polish People’s Army), one of twenty-one ISU-122s of the 25th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment, 1st Polish Armored Corps, Polish 2nd Army, crosses a bridge on the Niesse (Nysa) River on April 14th, 1945.
The ISU-122 was a heavy self propelled gun tank destroyer. The vehicle came to be because the Soviets were able to produce ISU-152 hulls faster than they could produce their 152 mm ML-20S howitzer.
Under pressure to produce more and more tanks, it was realized that there was a surplus of 122 mm A-19 guns, and so the problem was solved – the two were matched.
(ML-20s Howitzer)
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Fighting in the streets of Arnhem, April 14th, 1945.
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F4U 1 Corsairs of VMF-124 on Guadalcanal, 14th April 1943.
Robert Royes said on April 14, 2019
An interesting set, David
Jeff Bailey said on April 14, 2019
I agree with Robert … an interesting set, David.
david leigh-smith said on April 14, 2019
Thanks, Robert. Appreciate you taking the time to drop a comment.
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david leigh-smith said on April 14, 2019
Cheers, Jeff.