Mission: Interception of enemy formation.
Date: 7th September 1942
Unit: 10 Staffel./Jagdgeschwader 1
Type: Focke Wulf Fw 190A-3
Werke/Nr.5436
Coded: 8 + (White)
Location:1 km south of Nieuwkoop, Holland.
Pilot: Unteroffizier. Ludwig Platzer. – Killed.
REASON FOR LOSS:
On the 07.09.42, II and IV Gruppen were scrambled to intercept an enemy formation of 29 bombers heading for their targets of Utrecht and
Rotterdam. Uffz Platzer is believed to have been shot down in combat with RAF fighters, he did not bale out and was killed in the crash.
Date: 7th September 1942
Unit: 10 Staffel./Jagdgeschwader 1
Type: Focke Wulf Fw 190A-3
Werke/Nr.5436
Coded: 8 + (White)
Location:1 km south of Nieuwkoop, Holland.
Pilot: Unteroffizier. Ludwig Platzer. – Killed.
REASON FOR LOSS:
On the 07.09.42, II and IV Gruppen were scrambled to intercept an enemy formation of 29 bombers heading for their targets of Utrecht and
Rotterdam. Uffz Platzer is believed to have been shot down in combat with RAF fighters, he did not bale out and was killed in the crash.
Unteroffizier. Ludwig Platzer with Fw 190 (R. Schoutissen via DARE).
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless with special thanks to R. Schoutissen and the DARE group, Netherlands.
