Willi Reschke

Willi Reschke (3 February 1922 – 5 July 2017) was a German Luftwaffe ace. He was the recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II.

Reschke was credited with 26 aerial victories in 70 missions. In 1999, Reschke recounted his wartime experiences in print, published in English in 2005 as "Jagdgeschwader 301/302 'Wilde Sau': In Defense Of The Reich with the Bf 109, Fw 190 and Ta 152;" including writing about the late-war period he spent flying the exotic Focke-Wulf Ta 152 high-altitude fighter-interceptor designed by Kurt Tank.

Reschke died on 5 July 2017 in Berlin at the age of 95.

Willi Reschke Media

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  A 1944 drawing by Helmuth Ellgaard illustrating "ramming"

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  British-captured Ta 152 H-1, Werknummer 150 168, flown by Reschke on 24 April 1945.

Other websites

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (in de) (2000). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Obermaier, Ernst. Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe Jagdflieger 1939 – 1945 (in de) (1989). Mainz, Germany: Verlag Dieter Hoffmann. ISBN 978-3-87341-065-7.
• Patzwall, Klaus D.. Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II (in de) (2001). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
• Reschke, Willi (2011). Chronik Jagdgeschwader 301/302 Wilde Sau.
• Reschke, Willi (2005). Jagdgeschwader 301/302 "Wilde Sau": In Defense Of The Reich with the Bf 109, Fw 190 and Ta 152 (English). Atglen, USA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
• Scherzer, Veit. Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in de) (2007). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.