Luftwaffe ace flies a Spitfire

[No601_Prangster]

WW2 Luftwaffe fighter ace flies in RAF Spitfire for the the first time.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/28/ww2-luftwaffe-fighter-ace-flies-raf-spitfire-first-time/

 

A German Second World War pilot has made his maiden voyage in a Spitfire seven decades after he flew for the Luftwaffe.

 

Hugo Broch, 95, who last flew in 1960, took to the skies above Kent on Tuesday as a passenger in a British TR9 MJ627 Spitfire.

 

Born on January 6 1922, Broch is a former Messerschmitt 109 fighter pilot and Luftwaffe ace.

 

During his career, Broch flew 324 combat missions and shot down 81 enemy aircraft on the Eastern Front, including 18 Soviet Sturmovik fighters. His score included twelve double victories and three triple victories.

[Herne]

saw that on my phone this morning. I thought it was quite touching really

[Voidhunger]

Nice!

 

Here is our pilot (Czechoslovak) back in the spitfire.

 

http://zpravy.idnes.cz/general-bocek-let-spitfire-valka-veteran-mincovna-fvi-/domaci.aspx?c=A170209_105405_domaci_jw

[707shap_Srbin]

Nice!

 

Soon, I hope next week, my article about II./JG54 actions on 28.10.44 near Libau will be published on warspot.ru There will be some info about Lt. Broch.

[GridiroN]

I cannot imagine winning 81 confrontations in a row. I can barely get a 3 streak on WoL.

[707shap_Srbin]

Short biography:

http://www.luftwaffe.cz/broch.html

 

His victory list.

http://allaces.ru/p/peopleclg.php?id=2704

 

His aircraft:

http://luftwaffeinprofile.se/Broch.html

[[CPT]Pike*HarryM]

Great stuff.

[-TBC-AeroAce]

Interesting that there are no Yak-1s on that list. I guess its because its 1943-1944

[Wulf]

Hang on!  According to that victory tally he supposedly shoot down a couple of Pe-2s.  What seriously; some Pe-2s??  C'mon, dude, maybe you should pull the other one.  My Momma didn't raise no fool.

[-=PHX=-SuperEtendard]

Interesting that there are no Yak-1s on that list. I guess its because its 1943-1944

 

There are Yak-9s and Yak-7s listed, earlier Yak-1s could be mistaken by Yak-7s... and Yak-1B is very very similar to Yak-9, you have to pay attention to small details to distinguish them.

Edited June 29, 2017 by -=PHX=-SuperEtendard

[PatrickAWlson]

There are Yak-9s and Yak-7s listed, earlier Yak-1s could be mistaken by Yak-7s... and Yak-1B is very very similar to Yak-9, you have to pay attention to small details to distinguish them.

 

In WWI single place and two place were confused, biplane and triplane were confused, and that was at 100 MPH.  At 400 MPH any sort of precise identification goes out the window.